<div>La Scala's Season Opening and Milan's Christmas Atmosphere: Colleague <strong>Lorenzo Fiori</strong> describes attending the season opening at La Scala, featuring a dramatic Russian opera that audiences connected to current geopolitical tensions, also noting the festive Christmas atmosphere in Milan and Prime Minister Meloni's continued, albeit non-military, support for Ukraine.<br> 1957<br> <br> </div>

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S8 Ep181: La Scala's Season Opening and Milan's Christmas Atmosphere: Colleague Lorenzo Fiori describes attending the season opening at La Scala, featuring a dramatic Russian opera that audiences connected to current geopolitical tensions, also noting the festive C

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