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Italy's President Sergio Mattarella and
celebrities attended the premiere that marks the opening of
Milan's cultural calendar.
While Italy's cinemas and theatres reopened to the public in
late April, the government on Monday again restricted access to
an array of venues, including theatres, for the unvaccinated.
"When you see so many great theatres closed, like the Vienna
State Opera, those in Munich, Dresden and Leipzig, I have to say
we are lucky... This year's season opening is a sort of
miracle," said La Scala's artistic director Dominique Meyer.
The audience and orchestra members wore masks, while the actors
and choir performed standing at a distance, but the gala dinner
that usually followed the performance was cancelled.
This year opener "is a symbol of a restart for Italy as a
whole," said James Bradburne, general director of Milan's Brera
art gallery.
The opera, based on William Shakespeare's tragic play, tells the
story of a Scottish general who, goaded on by his power-hungry
wife, murders the king and takes the throne.
Italian baritone Luca Salsi starred as Macbeth, Russian soprano
Anna Netrebko thrilled as Lady Macbeth, and Russian bass Ildar
Abdrazakov was Banquo, the friend that Macbeth has murdered.
Though "Macbeth" is set in the 11th century, director Davide
Livermore staged the opera in a modern city, using augmented
reality.
The opera won a 12-minute ovation and a stage strewn with
flowers, with a few boos for the contemporary interpretation.
"The reopening of La Scala fills me with joy," fashion designer
Giorgio Armani said.
The opera will run until Dec. 29.
($1 = 0.8862 euros)
(Reporting by Sara Rossi, editing by Agnieszka Flak and Gareth
Jones)
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