The world has been waiting for the first move and the Teatro Real de Madrid has done so in style staging Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata, in full respect of social distancing regulations. The hope is that other major theatres (and governments) around the world follow the Spanish example and raise the curtains resuming their artistic and cultural activity.
Italian tenor Ivan Magrì is part of the international cast that the Teatro Real de Madrid has assembled for the re-opening of the season with Verdi's La Traviata.
"I suffer for all the victims of the pandemic, but also for all my colleagues around the world who are without work and losing hope for their future", he says.
Tenor Ivan Magrì and soprano Natalya Pavlova in "La Traviata" at the Komische Oper Berlin. Source: Facebook profile
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