Händel’s Messiah was goal of newest blitz by local weather activists in Italy.
Local weather activists on Thursday night interrupted a efficiency of Händel’s Messiah in Rome within the newest of a collection of protests in cities throughout Italy this yr.
The activists from the Ultima Generazione group focused a Christmas live performance by the distinguished Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, ready for the well-known Hallelujah Refrain earlier than bursting onto the stage.
The activists – three on stage and one filming – reportedly entered the Auditorium Parco della Musica with tickets for the live performance.
The three activists sat on the stage carrying t-shirts with messages referring to the local weather disaster and used zip-ties to connect themselves to the rostrum of conductor John Nelson.
Throughout their protest, the choristers continued to sing and the orchestra continued to play till the top of the act, whereas the activists have been met with boos and a few applause from the viewers earlier than being taken away by police.
“We interrupted this live performance to ask you to cease and actually observe. We should all mirror on the absurdity of continuous our day by day lives within the face of wars, inequality and disasters brought on by the eco-climatic emergency” – reads the Ultima Technology Instagram profile – “We ask the general public to take braveness and take a look at the present emergency. To take duty all collectively towards yet one more authorities that’s detached to the issues of the folks.”
The stunt was the most recent in a string of comparable protests in Rome, Florence and Venice, the place local weather activists have glued their fingers to artworks, sprayed mud on landmarks, dyed the waters of historic fountains black and staged roadblocks.
