Almost exactly a year ago, I came to Milan’s Expo site for the first time, invited to the Royal Opera House of Muscat’s press conference. It was the hottest day of 2015. Returning yesterday for a concert in the arena created for the Cirque du Soleil, temperatures were over 30° well into the evening. Double whammy.
I drove through the semi-dismantled area of the vast Expo site – an area that the public don’t see – to reach a conveniently central car parking space for orchestra and chorus.
Continue reading La Scala in the open air for a magical rendition of Beethoven’s 9th at gramilano.