The singer is ill, two hours late for “The Merry Widow”

The show scheduled for Sunday 10 April at the Del Monaco theater in Treviso for 4 pm, postponed to 6 pm: part of the audience has given up

TREVISO. The public learned of the postponement a few minutes before the time of the show, scheduled by the bill for 16, while it was already in line to enter the theater. The impact of the news was not the best and part of the audience went home with the moon askew. The reason for the misunderstanding: the soprano Anastasia Bartoli, the main part in the operetta “La vedova allegra” which was already successfully staged on Friday evening, fell ill on Sunday morning, a few hours before the performance began.

«We learned at 14 of Bartoli’s illness, with fever and voice problems. We looked for an immediate solution so as not to blow up the show for which there were people who also came from outside »explains the artistic director of the Comunale Del Monaco, Stefano Canazza.

In a hurry, the substitute Elisa Balbo was tracked down and drove from Brescia to reach Treviso so that she could get on the stage by 6 pm. in Treviso it was staged under the direction of Paolo Giani. On the podium of the Venetian Philharmonic Orchestra the conductor Francesco Rosa.

The Teatro Stabile del Veneto guarantees reimbursement to those who have renounced. Those who bought the ticket at the ticket office can ask for a refund by going directly to the ticket office from Tuesday to Thursday, for those who bought online they must write to [email protected] always by Thursday.