I’ve only one thing to ask our Prime Minister, who is making so many reforms: I hope with all my heart that he will introduce tax relief for culture. It is of the utmost importance!
Zubin Mehta, director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, launched his appeal to Matteo Renzi, the current Italian Prime Minister and former Florence Mayor, during a press conference to illustrate the principal events during the Festival’s 77th edition. The Festival and its dance company, Maggiodanza, have suffered from massive financial problems over the last few years.
There will be exciting new changes for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino — the oldest Festival in Europe, after Salzburg - as the new opera house will finally open on 10 May, three years after its official opening in 2011.… [continue reading]
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