I would like to thank Antoine Xuereb from Lija (‘From Piano to Foster’, September 17) for his support for the idea of rebuilding Teatru Rjal. I too know of a consortium that wanted to rebuild it completely without the government paying one euro for it.
The Nationalist government met these people and told them, from what I know, that the idea was going to be considered but no reply was given.
Then emerged architect Renzo Piano to design the whole of City Gate. He built a newParliament but in the case of Teatru Rjal, the modifications were only cosmetic.
I would like to see more people who are interested in culture writing about this idea and lending it their support.
I also have a question: hasthe contract with Renzo Piano now closed?