Environmental activists sprayed paint on the entrance to La Scala, Milan’s prestigious opera house, on Wednesday. Five activists from the Last Generation movement intervened at dawn, when the spotlight of the media of the peninsula is trained on the famous opera in view of the gala evening planned for the opening of the season with the premiere of Boris Godunov.
“We have decided to spray La Scala with paint to ask the politicians who will attend tonight’s performance to stop playing ostrich politics and to intervene to save the population,” said explained Last Generation in a press release. Two people unfurled banners that read “Latest Generation – No Gas and No Coal”.
Quickly arrested
“The economic and environmental situation is getting worse day by day”, continues Last Generation, referring to “the tragic situation of the Italian people, affected by the cataclysm of Ischia and betrayed by the indifference of the government”.
Police quickly arrived on the scene – where sprays of hot pink, electric blue and turquoise paint had splattered the sidewalk – and the activists were arrested. A La Scala cleaning crew then hosed down the building.