the boxes

Teatro all Scala

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March 14th 2007
This is the most *famous* opera house in Milan and it's next to impossible to get tickets. I think it was definitely worth the price to bear witness to such a brilliantly done opera. I saw a well known opera called Salome written by Richard Strauss. Salome is the daughter of King Herod and Queen Herodias and she falls in love with John the Baptist. It becomes clear to her and the au ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more