Just in: Rome Opera unions suspend strike for Muti to conduct Ernani

Just in: Rome Opera unions suspend strike for Muti to conduct Ernani

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norman lebrecht

November 26, 2013

Staff at Rome Opera are on strike over threats of redundancy to 480 staff. The company is formally bankrupt. But the unions this morning agreed to let tomorrow’s premiere go ahead after music director Riccardo Muti said ‘it would be a crime’ to cancel it.

Power to the podium.

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