Danza, Menegatti: ‘Carla’s death in the arms of our son, the most moving spectacle

“The death of my wife, Carla Fracci, in the arms of our son Francesco was one of the most moving spectacles of my life, which I might not have wanted to attend”. It is the first time, after the death of the great Italian étoile, which took place in Milan on May 27, that her husband and director Beppe Menegatti (born in 1929) lets himself go to some memories. He did so, today, in connection from Cervia on Rai 1 during the broadcast conducted by Serena Autieri, ‘Dedicato’ (tonight the evening-event is scheduled, already sold out, but with the possibility of following it in streaming, ‘Fracci mon amour ‘). They met in 1953 at the Scala in Milan. Beppe Menegatti was Luchino Visconti’s assistant, Carla Fracci still a teenager followed the classes at the School of the Theater. After 11 years the marriage and the birth of their first and only son Francesco. “We have been together for a long time – the teacher recalled – We loved each other very much. For both it was a decisive meeting. It is right to honor Carla’s memory today, it deserves our memory”. ‘Simple and definitive in her feelings, she had immense respect for herself, still many projects together’ But who was Carla Fracci? Visibly moved, Beppe Menegatti replied: “She was a simple and definitive woman in her feelings, she had immense respect for herself. A dancer, a wife, but above all a mother, one of the very few women in the theater to have had a child”. The connection ended with the song of the heart of the Fracci-Menegatti couple, ‘Our concert’ by Umberto Bindi. “An absolute genius, a great man, a great Italian – confessed Menegatti – a respectable person who had written still unpublished pages for Carla. We still had many projects – concludes – Carla and I wanted to honor the Nobel Prize for Literature Grazia with a show Deledda “.