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“Bella Ciao” and Roman Numerals: Gualtieri and Mamdani’s Opera Promo

The video opens to the tune of Bella Ciao, as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri introduce Opera for All, a program offering 70,000 free tickets to the Metropolitan Opera during the 2026–27 season. A joint initiative of the city and the opera house, the program will make 10,000 tickets available each month through a lottery open to residents who have not purchased tickets to the Met since 2019.