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Milan Opera Prison Hosts Unique Concert with Smuggler Boats

1/12/2026

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In Milan, Opera prison hosted a performance featuring instruments crafted from smugglers' boats that transported migrants to Italy.
Riccardo Muti conducted the Cherubini Youth Orchestra, which played violins, violas, and cellos made from salvaged wood.
The initiative Metamorphosis aims to transform discarded materials into valuable instruments while rehabilitating inmates as craftsmen.
The program featured works by Vivaldi and Verdi, and a chorus from another prison joined for Va’ Pensiero.

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In Milan, Opera prison hosted a performance featuring instruments crafted from smugglers' boats that transported migrants to Italy.
Riccardo Muti conducted the Cherubini Youth Orchestra, which played violins, violas, and cellos made from salvaged wood.
The initiative Metamorphosis aims to transform discarded materials into valuable instruments while rehabilitating inmates as craftsmen.
The program featured works by Vivaldi and Verdi, and a chorus from another prison joined for Va’ Pensiero.