Anticapitalist, anarchist and
pro-Palestinian protesters from so-called 'social centre' squats
dumped manure outside La Scala ahead of Saturday night's annual
premiere at the iconic Milanese opera house, one of the high
points of Italy's social calendar.
After shovelling the dung onto the red carpet amid photos of
government ministers and what they called "war criminal"
Benjamin Netanyahu, the protesters staged a rally under the
slogan "popular and anti-military".
Life Senator and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre, deputising
for President Sergio Mattarella who is at the reopening of
Notre-Dame in Paris, was set to issue a plea for world peace
from the royal box, flanked by Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa,
Italy's second highest pubic figure.
Conductor Riccardo Chailly was set to lead the orchestra in
Verdi's 'religious' work La Forza del Destino, whose message was
reframed against all wars and the patriarchy.
High jump star Gianmarco Tamberi and actor Pierfrancesco Favino
were among the celebrities rumoured to be sporting Armani
Saturday night.
The high-society event, which takes place on the saint's day of
Milan's patron St Ambrose, is usually met with protests against
the rich.
It is the highlight of the Milanese social season
and a showcase for Italy's great, good, and glitterati.
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