Crowds come surging for La Scala’s opening night

Crowds come surging for La Scala’s opening night

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norman lebrecht

December 07, 2021

December 7 at La Scala is a night like no other.

The house starts its season with a gala premiere and the crowds gather from dawn (pictured), some from the day before, on the off-chance they might score a ticket.

The piazza is packed and the atmosphere joyous, all the more so this year after the Covid losses and disruptions.

Anna Netrebko stars tonight as Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s opera.

 

photo (c) Paolo Besana

Comments

  • RW2013 says:

    Will Riccardo be going? I hear that he is in town.

  • Concertgebouw79 says:

    7th of December fever!

  • henry williams says:

    not much social distance.

  • Karl says:

    Did they check vax cards? Very few venues in where I go don’t check.

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