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Italy’s La Scala reopens after 7-month pandemic-led closure – Sydney Morning Herald
With COVID-19 cases and deaths decreasing, Italy is assessing loosening lockdown measures and plans to lift quarantine restrictions.
Milan: Italys La Scala opera house reopened its doors to a restricted audience on Monday (Tuesday AEST), raising hopes of a gradual resumption of Milans vivid cultural life after a nearly seven-month shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Masked members of the orchestra, conducted by in-house music director Riccardo Chailly, and of the choir performed arias by Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner and other renowned composers in an empty auditorium, with about 500 masked people watching the concert from…
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