Marketing, Commercial and Communications Director of Venice's teatro La Fenice, Cristiano Chiarot, will take over Teatro dell'Opera di Roma as the new General Manager afetr the removal of Francesco Ernani and the month-long emergency, provisional tenure of Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno.
Chiarot's name -- over which Rome's Mayor, Regione Lazio and Provincia di Roma governing bodies have found an agreement -- should be officially announced as new GM tomorrow.
Stay tuned then for the possible announcement of Riccardo Muti as the new Principal Guest Conductor of Opera di Roma with two or three operas to be conducted by him in Rome every season (he will almost certainly not accept the title of Music Director, though).
(Dr. Chiarot photo via www.callas.it)