(ANSA) - MILAN, APRIL 26 - A new 'medieval' tower, with six underground floors and 11 above ground floors, a walkway that connects it to the theater, an immense rehearsal room for the orchestra with such accurate acoustics that it can be used as a sound recording , a rehearsal room for the dance, space for the offices that are now located in via Verdi: this is the new building of the Scala, designed by the architect Mario Botta with EmilioPizzi, of which today the first stone has been laid in the presence of the mayor Giuseppe Sala the regional councilor for culture Stefano Bruno Galli and the superintendent Dominique Meyer.
The new construction will also allow to increase the stage which will reach a depth of 64 meters. "LaScala is not only suffering what is happening but is trying to relaunch" said a satisfied Sala, who is president of the theater. A relaunch that passes from the new building but also from the project of the citadel in the former Innocenti area, where laboratories and warehouses will be transferred "." The funds are there. Now we must hurry "he added. The building will cost 17 million, funds mostly from Verona but with a contribution from the Lombardy Region and the State and the forecast is to conclude them by 21 December 2022." This building is the result of a long work started by the superintendent CarloFontana and I'm very happy: now all the employees are back home ", Meyer underlined.the previous building (now demolished) was in fact purchased by the theater in 1997 and will also house offices that are now rented in via Torino. Among the possible innovations with the new spaces, there will also be the return of the (enlarged) ticket office in via Filodrammatici. (HANDLE).