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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Venice opera house staff to strike over hiring of Meloni-linked conductor

Beatrice Venezi headshot
Beatrice Venezi, whose father is a former member of the neofascist Forza Nuova party. Photograph: Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images

Staff at Venice’s La Fenice opera house have voted to strike over the appointment of a conductor with ties to Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government.

The strike will be held on Friday 17 October, the date of the opera house’s first performance of a run of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, which will close its 2024-25 season.

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