The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its will give away 10,000 tickets for Rome audiences.

The news was announced by mayor Roberto Gualtieri, who first appeared in a social media video with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who also announced that a free opera initiative in New York City.

Gualtieri later posted a video in Rome making the news official noting that culture should be a right for everyone.

He added, “From Jan. 1 next year Rome will make 10,000 free opera tickets available to Romans” and noted that existing cultural programs that have reached hundreds of thousands of Romans, not only during the summer festival but throughout the year, in squares and neighborhoods across the city. These range from art and open-air cinemas to theatre, music, literature and opera, including OperaCamion.

Regarding which operas and how the tickets will be will be distributed will be announced in coming weeks.

 

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