By François Delétraz (text) and Gérard Uféras (photos)
Ask an Italian his three favorite “brands”: he will invariably answer Ferrari, Armani and… La Scala, whose real name is Teatro alla Scala.
The order of preference changes from year to year, but these three names remain the same.
That is to say that, in the collective unconscious of the inhabitants of the peninsula, opera retains a preponderant place.
Every great city has its own temple.
From the arena of Verona where the tunes of Aïda
so often resonate ,
to the beautiful little theater of Pesaro where people seem to prefer Rossini.
Without forgetting the Pergola in Florence, the San Carlo in Naples, La Fenice in Venice and of course the Scala in Milan – the last three built in the 18th century.
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