An evening of music dedicated to victims of the earthquake in Italy’s Emilia Romagna region is being held tonight at La Scala opera house, in Milan. The Pope also remembered the victims in his speech to faithful earlier today
Vatican insider staff
Milan
This evening Benedict XVI is attending a concert in his honour at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. This concludes his first day at the VII World Meeting of Families. The Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus will perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, conducted by Daniel Barenboim.

When he arrived at the entrance of the “temple of lyrics”, the Pope, a music aficionado, was welcomed by the mayor of Milan, Giuliano Pisapia and General Manager and Artisitc Director, Stephane Lissner. The Pope is watching the concert from his seat in the stalls. Official delegations for the World Meeting of Families are also currently attending the concert.

At the end of the concert, Benedict XVI will give a speech from the main stage after greeting Barenboim and the other orchestra players. He will then leave the opera house from the backstage exit that leads onto Via Filodrammatici and from there, he will take the Popemobile to the archbishopric where he is staying. Before the concert, Lissner announced that the evening was an ideal dedication to victims of the Emilia Romagna earthquake, whom the Pope spared a thought for in his speech earlier today.
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