The local government of Sicily is reported to have spent Euro 650,000 for a single concert of the Cherubini Orchestra conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti that took place last night.
Apparently the euivalent concert last year cost just 100,000 Euros.
That’s inflation for you.
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