(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 28 - The San Carlo theatre in Naples has
been forced to cancel a Sunday night performance of Paisiello's
Don Chisciotte (Don Quixote) due to a strike by workers at the
world's oldest opera house.
Unions said that uncertainties about the future, with
superintendent Stéphane Lissner scheduled to retire from the
first of June due to an 'ad personam' decree law that 'retires'
him having already turned 70, and the stabilisation of
precarious workers were at the basis of the protest.
This is the first time, however, that the ongoing agitation has
caused a performance to be cancelled: on two occasions in the
past few days, guest artists had performed successfully, even
though they were accompanied only by a pianist from outside the
opera house's ensemble. (ANSA).
Opera: San Carlo scraps Don Chisciotte due to strike
First time industrial action has forced cancellation of a show there