We know it comes round only once in four years, but Italian media are reporting that the venerable opera house forgot to book any of its 89 ushers for today.
Most are students on one-year fixed contract.
But the computer calendar was not configured for a leap year.
Deborah Borda, acting CEO, confirmed today that principal…
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They are still better off than PETER GRIMES: “This is whatever day I say it is !”
What about the bar-tenders, etc.?
I now better understand why the Italian government averages a new cabinet every 13 months.
Racism, how fun!
Racism? Get thee to a dictionary.
Happy Birthday Rossini!
Little Gioachino is 58 years old.
A paradox, a paradox…
Hilarious! That made my day. I wonder how many other areas were left without workers? Vaporettos in Venice left unmanned? Trains?
There are enough pick pockets in Venice to fill in the gaps.
Racism? What “Racism”?