Luciano Fioramonti (ANSA) - ROME, AUG 10 - '' The summer space of the Rome Opera House is the Baths of Caracalla. I must say, however, that the Circus Maximus and the theater for how it was made everyone liked to die. It was a very pleasant surprise.
Who knows that in the future the conditions will not be created to return ... Indeed, beyond Covid, it was a very important experience ''. Carlo Fuortes, superintendent of the Opera House, comments with satisfaction on the balance of the summer season which this year - after the paralysis caused by the Coronavirus emergency - has brought back great live music and the return of opera in scenic form on the set of Ancient Rome . "The results - Fuortes tells ANSA - have exceeded the most optimistic expectations. We had sold out every night with Rigoletto, the Barber of Seville, the Merry Widow and also with the Ballet the Four Seasons. There was a great demand from the Roman citizens and the few tourists who frequent Rome in this period ". "This emergency experience - observes the superintendent - taught us that the theater must perform the public service for which it is paid.
We performed a very important function at a very difficult time. We could have made a folded choice to continue the layoffs instead, with courage, we decided to prepare this theater and a new production in stage form in a month. We truly fulfilled our duty of public service. "
Yesterday Fuortes was in the audience for the rerun of the recital by soprano Anna Netrebko and her tenor husband Yusif Eyvazov. The homage to Rome of the two international opera stars, much applauded, enchanted the spectators of the Circus Maximus with the great classics of melodrama. (ANSA).
Opera Roma at the Circus Maximus triumphs and looks to the future
2020-08-10T12:28:28.487Z
'' The summer space of the Teatro dell 'Opera in Rome is the Baths of Caracalla. I must say, however, that the Circus Maximus and the theater for how it was made everyone loved it. It was a very pleasant surprise. (HANDLE)