What would our forefathers have done?
Let us consider that there was the option to rebuild the opera house 40 to 50 years ago (when most European countries rebuilt their historical buildings). The contemporaries of those years would certainly have opted for the rebuilding of the opera...
Let us consider that there was the option to rebuild the opera house 40 to 50 years ago (when most European countries rebuilt their historical buildings). The contemporaries of those years would certainly have opted for the rebuilding of the opera house as it would have brought memories of their youth and the splendour that the building itself promoted. Are we not still whining for the "old and grand entrance" Valletta used to boast of? History, they say, repeats itself but this mistake must not!
It has worked for the Valletta Waterfront; let's have the opera house!