Curtain falls
Rome's summer opera season has been cancelled for the first time since the end of the Second World War because of a lack of funds, Reuter reports from Rome.
A spokesman for the city's cultural affairs office said the Teatro dell'Opera was struggling with a 53bn lire ( pounds 22m) deficit and could not afford to stage the shows.
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