Italy’s most famous opera house, Teatro alla Scala, opens its new season Wednesday with the Russian opera “Boris Godunov,” a selection that sparked Ukrainian protests of the cultural event serving as a propaganda win for the Kremlin against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, in her first cultural outing since taking office, plans to attend La Scala's gala premiere in Milan along with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
