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13th century city hall, in the merchants' piazza
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Milan street scene
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In the Galleria, adjoinging the Piazza della
Duomo; nice 19th century stuff; high-end
shops
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Still in the Galleria; Naples has something
very similar, but Naples is a depressed area
and there are practically no shops; not even a
McDonald's |
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Statue of Leonardo
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La Scala
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In the La Scala Museum, a recent bust of
Arturo Toscanini, the great conductor and
interpreter (a foremost interpreter of Wagner
too); practically synonymous with La Scala
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Verdi; synonymous with La Scala
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My hero gets a bust here too, and his works
are regularly performed; but not as regularly
as those of Verdi, Pucini, Rossini, et al.
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Tours of the theatre are not permitted when a rehearsal or
performance is underway; they were rehearsing that Friday
afternoon, but I did sneak into a box and steal this one shot;
in the summer time they do opera school performances, not
the big dogs; of course, La Scala opera school would trump
just about anything else |
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What I would have seen on the tour; it's an 18th century
theatre, actually smaller than what one might imagine; very
bourgeois; Wagner would not have approved... |
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The Museum is very well done, with all the
usual posters, scores, libretti, costumes,
musical instruments, relics, etc. Not to be
missed by the operatically-inclined |
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