The priest and the jazz on the La Scala scene

The Italian variety and jazz singer Kont Paolo revolted frequenters Milan theaters with the La Scala. In its debut concert which has taken place in Sunday on the glorified scene, some saw opera "profanation". In the letter published by the Il Foglio newspaper, the opera critic Piero Maranghi called a concert Kont Paolo "a slap in the face of history of the La Scala". He warned about "dangerous precedent" which can open theater for pop music concerts. However "precedent" is created for a long time. In the La Scala reminded that the first execution "Porgi and Bess" Gershwin in 1955 with its jazz rhythms also caused...