The show, scheduled for 8:30 p.m. (1930 GMT), is entitled “Beauty in Action” and will feature leading Italian ballet dancer Roberto Bolle and celebrate Italian art as well as sporting achievement.
With the Olympic medals won and lost, the tone is expected to be more relaxed and free-wheeling than the opening ceremony.
Italian singer Achille Lauro and DJ/producer Gabry Ponte will be there to get the party going while Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will be among the crowd.
The ceremony is being held in an open-air Roman amphitheatre renowned for staging opera and pop concerts in the heart of the northern Italian city made famous as the setting for William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”.
Tickets were priced from 950 euros ($1,120) to a top level of 2,900 euros. The weather has been kind, with no rain forecast.
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