Josè Saramago

Amongst those who contributed to Amici della Scala, there is also a Nobel Prize winner: José de Sousa Saramago. On the 14th of May 1990, the great writer participated in the conference dedicated to the presentation of Azio Corghi’s Blimunda (we see them together in the picture), that was being premiered at Teatro Lirico. The conference – chaired by Quirino Principe – had as participants Azio Corghi, Cesare Mazzonis, orchestra conductor Zoltán Peskó and director Jerome Savary, as well as the 1988 Nobel Prize winner.