The cell phone rings during the concert at La Scala, Maestro Chailly leaves everyone in awe

Posted on June 7, 2022

The cell phone of a spectator, who yesterday went to the Milan staircase to attend the concert dedicated to Giuseppe Verdihas chosen the least opportune moment to play and that is during “Oppressed homeland”the thrilling and moving chorus from Macbeth.

La Scala concert interrupted by a mobile phone, Chailly’s irony: “Please, answer”

While the imposing notes of the symphony rang out, the maestro Riccardo Chaillyvisibly impatient, he addressed the viewer with an ironic tone: “Please answer, we will resume later”.

In addition to the disturbance for interrupting the concert, the director Chailly wanted to clarify another thing: “You see, friends, there are many of us on this great Verdi journey with the orchestra and choir of La Scala, but we are not alone, as we are making an recording for the Decca in London, so there will be many more.

It’s an important thing – concluded Chailly – and “oppressed homeland” with the obstinate mobile phone it is not possible “. The audience welcomed with thunderous applause the words of Chailly who, after pulling the ears of the “harassing” spectator, was able to resume his concert without any other mobile phones ringing in the hall.

The presentation of the next season at La Scala in Milan: it begins with a Russian opera

Yesterday the Milanese theater also announced the next season’s billboardwhich will debut on 7 December with “Boris Godunov”Russian work of the master Musorsgksij.

The superintendent Dominique Meyerduring the press conference, he explained the reason for this choice which in some ways could be defined as “uncomfortable” in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: “I am not for the witch hunt, nor for the cancellation of Russian works and when I read Pushkin I do not hide”.

In recent months, numerous controversies have erupted over the cancellation of some events involving Russian authors, such as the censorship at Bicocca University on a course on Dostoevsky. Meyer therefore wanted to clear away any possible controversy in advance, claiming the neutrality of art.