At Milan’s Teatro alla Scala the most important date of the year is 7 December, the opening of the opera and ballet season. The theatre bursts with stars and starlets, Fendi and face-lifts. One of the theatre’s stars who has burned brightest and longest, Carla Fracci, has often been on stage or in the platea for the gala opening, for more than half a century. She was with her husband, director Beppe Menegatti, for the opening of the current season as the guest of Italian energy company Eni, who are long-standing and important sponsors of La Scala.
The dinner that Eni hosts after the opera, is something of a Scala family reunion.… [continue reading]
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