Bergamo remembers the victims of Covid and does so with a classical music concert to be held tonight in the square of the monumental cemetery. The President of the Republic, Sergio, will also participate in the event Mattarella invited by the mayor of Bergamo Giorgio Gori. In the clearing in front of the cemetery the Requiem mass by Gaetano Donizetti; the initiative is organized by the Municipality of Bergamo and the Donizetti Theater Foundation. The concert will be broadcast live, starting at 20.35, on HeavenUno. The mass will be performed by the orchestra and choir of the Donizetti Opera Festival, directed by Riccardo Frizza.
Bergamo remembers the victims of the pandemic
Tonight's classical music event will be a solemn moment to remember the many people of Bergamo who did not survive the Coronavirus. For the occasion, the columns of the cemetery will be surrounded by Italian flag. The cemetery is the sad symbol of the pandemic which, for Bergamo and all of Lombardy, represented a dramatic period.
The past few months have been those who have lived in the 'trenches' of hospitals and morgues with hundreds of bodies to be placed. In Bergamo the incidence of the infection was very high, so much so that from February 20 to March 31, 6.238 people died. In Lombardy, to date, the people missing from the Covid-19 pandemic are 16.626.
Mayor Gori thanks President Mattarella
The mayor of Bergamo thus comments on the participation of the president Mattarella at the event tonight. “The presence of the head of state at the suffrage event dedicated to the Bergamo victims of Covid-19 is a gesture of affection that we greatly appreciate. During the weeks of the most acute health emergency - underlines Gori - the president has always shown closeness and understanding for the extreme difficulty that Bergamo and its province were facing.
I therefore heartily thank him for having accepted our invitation. And I thank Rai, starting with the managing director Fabrizio Salini, for having grasped the not only local value of the celebration of 28 June. In fact, television coverage and live broadcasting on Rai Uno were arranged for the event. In this way, all the citizens of Bergamo, primarily the families of the victims, will be able to attend the ceremony. All of Italy - concludes Gori - will be able to feel close to our territory ".
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At the Orio al Serio airport, Mattarella will be greeted by the prefect Enrico Ricci. Governor Attilio Fontana will also participate in the event in the square of the cimiteranno; the president of the Province Gianfranco Gafforelli; the bishop Francesco Beschi.
The 243 mayors of Bergamo were also invited for the commemoration, together with other institutional and social-health representatives. Everything will take place according to the anti-contagion safety rules. Finally, President Mattarella, at the end of the mass, will discover a plaque made in memory of the Coronavirus victims.
