(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 08 - "It was a great page of public service in the name of culture and hope".
Thus the CEO of Rai Carlo Fuortes comments on the listening result of Verdi's Macbeth which opened the season of the Teatro alla Scala, broadcast by Rai Cultura indirect on Rai1 and followed by 2 million and 64 thousand people, with a share of 10.5 percent. "" Rai's mission - continues Fuortes - which is also our challenge, is to bring the work to everyone. Because great music belongs to everyone. We do it throughout the year, broadcasting shows and concerts from all over Italy and also from abroad. But once a year, on 7 December, we do it even more certain of contributing to the spread of musical culture. Special thanks go to all the Rai staff, who have been busy shooting the show for weeks. And of course at La Scala, to maestro RiccardoChailly,to the director Davide Livermore, the cast, the orchestra, the choir and all the workers involved ".
"All of us have been away from theaters for long months, due to the health emergency - concludes Fuortes - months during which Rai has multiplied its cultural offer. Today the desire to go to the theater must return to each of us. And we hope that the Macbeth's success may also contribute to this ".
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