Rome, 29 April (LaPresse) – ‘I’m at peace. I’m receiving thousands of messages, emails and social media comments. A wave of support from Italy and abroad because the news has spread around the world.’ Beatrice Venezi made this statement in an interview with *Corriere della Sera*, following her dismissal from the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. As for the allegations of nepotism, the conductor denies them. “The interview with La Nación (an Argentine newspaper, ed.) speaks for itself. And what about the unequal treatment I received from the foundation? The staff carried on for months with denigration and defamation, with the tacit consent of the superintendent,” she added. According to Venezi, the Superintendent and Artistic Director of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Nicola Colabianchi, “allowed the orchestra to wage a hate campaign against me, complete with badges and leaflet-throwing, giving the world a poor image of La Fenice. They called into question my competence, my talent, my career path”. As for politics, Venezi explains that she has heard nothing from FdI. ‘The only expressions of solidarity I received were from Salvini, Ceccardi and Santanchè. If I could go back, I would not have given in to Meloni’s insistent request to play at an FdI conference before the 2022 election.’ ‘I have never held a party membership card, I owe nothing to Rome, I have never been involved in politics,’ Venezi added, ‘yet, despite myself, I have become a symbol of change.’ ‘This right-wing movement needed my clean image; they used me and then discarded me. I was not defended because I am not part of the party machinery,’ she concluded.