Venezi challenges La Fenice sacking

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 10 - Conductor Beatrice Venezi on Wednesday formally challenged her recent dismissal as the musical director of Venice's storied La Fenice opera house. Venezi, who was dismissed before taking up a position that was supposed to run until 2020 as La Fenice's youngest and first woman director, was fired for alleging that orchestra posts at the opera house are passed down from father to son, after months of orchestra and staff protests on the grounds of political favouritism be...

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