MILAN: The world’s most renowned opera house, La Scala, has erupted into huge applause on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) to hail a stirring performance at its triumphant reopening after six months of silence imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. La Scala is the world’s most prestigious opera house as almost all top ballerinas and opera performers have played in the venue at least once. The storied opera house in Italy’s financial capital has not been spared, with a total of 144 cases of Covid-19, including 64 in the chorus, according to its management. Renowned for its exceptional acoustics and red velvet-draped boxes, technicians have been busily getting the ornate opera house ready to reopen. The retired teacher, in black evening dress with a big pearl necklace, had shunned the concerts streamed online during the lockdown, waiting instead for the big reopening.

Source: Manila Times May 11, 2021 12:22 UTC