Naples is abuzz as the city's
soccer idol Diego Maradona is set to appear in a show at the
iconic San Carlo opera house.
Alessandro Siani's show is sold out for the one-night only
January 16 show called Three Times 10, for which fans have
shelled out up to 330 euros a head.
Mayor Luigi de Magistris, also president of the San Carlo
Foundation, has come out in favour of the event and said he will
be there to shake hands with arguably the world's greatest ever
soccer player, who led Napoli to the Serie A title in 1987 and
1990.
But many intellectuals including theatre director and
composer Roberto De Simone and former San Carlo superintendent
Francesco Canessa have come out strongly against it.
The San Carlo is the world's oldest opera house, having
opened in 1737.
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