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Sinner, Eurovision, and the Italian Renaissances

An interview with an Italian television executive about the power of live entertainment amid a world—and a song contest—that is more fragmented than ever.

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Ben Rothenberg
May 16, 2026
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VIENNA, Austria — On a long spring-summer sojourn across Europe, my first stop has been a tennis arena currently being used for something else entirely.

The Wiener Stadthalle, home of ATP 500 Vienna each October, is the fourth ATP venue in the last six years (following Rotterdam, Turin, and Basel) to host the Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision is an eve…

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