ROME – Three Sicilian orchestra members were suspended with cut pay for criticising "inconsistent" guest conductor Beatrice Venezi whose admirers include Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, orchestral sources said.
The superintendent of Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Andrea Peria, took disciplinary action against three members of his orchestra after they criticised Venezi, 34, in an interview with Repubblica in January, calling her “unsuited for the role” and said her conducting was “inconsistent with the musical performance.”