The opera house project

I used to think that the much-awaited and discussed proposal for the opera house project would finally have done justice to architect Edward Barry and to our heritage. Much has been said over the years, and the possibilities were infinite. Now, it...

I used to think that the much-awaited and discussed proposal for the opera house project would finally have done justice to architect Edward Barry and to our heritage.

Much has been said over the years, and the possibilities were infinite. Now, it seems that we have settled for an iron and plastic extension, built on a plan by Giovanni Trevisan, an Italian. The fact that an Italian architect was commissioned did not surprise me. This post-colonial attitude has become a constant over the years (Richard England excluded).

Why this project? Why now? Why an Italian?

Why fabricate an aura of grandeur around this project by attributing a work to Caravaggio, especially when the person who came up with this theory, is also involved in the opera house project?

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