In Rome last night, an impromptu chorus and orchestra bid farewell to Silvio Berlusconi. Last summer, I wrote about the Italian opera situation and Berlusconi's culture policy; I wish I could be in the house when Riccardo Muti conducts Macbeth at the Rome Opera later this month. Incidentally, that YouTube video of Muti's protest at Nabucco earlier this year has been viewed more than 1.5 million times.
