Euro 2020 final forces Italian opera to finish early

Euro 2020 final forces Italian opera to finish early

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norman lebrecht

July 09, 2021

The hallowed curtain time of Italian opera houses is being brought forward this Sunday to allow audiences to rush home for the England vs Italy final of the football Euro 2020.

The match kicks off at 2100 Italy time.

We hear that Teatro Regio di Parma has brought forward Donizetti’s Don Pasquale to 2000 (and might lose half the audience in the interval). Other companies are still making adjustments.

 

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