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How Operas Are Going Green
During the pandemic, some houses have continued finding ways to make their spaces and performances more environmentally sustainable.
La Scala in Milan is now using LED bulbs and smart lighting.Credit.Alessandro Grassani for The New York Times
By Rebecca Schmid
May 10, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has challenged day-to-day norms in the opera industry. But while addressing those challenges, some houses have found new ways to tackle another crisis with potentially broader implications: climate change.
One of them is La Scala, in Milan, which will install solar panels on the roof of its new office tower in December 2022 while further digitizing operations to cut back on an estimated 10 tons of paper per year. The house has reduced carbon emissions by over 630 tons since 2010 through a partnership with the energy company Edison, which has been illuminating the theater since 1883 and now provides LED bulbs and smart lighting.