The Board of Directors of the Fondazione Teatro Lirico di Cagliari has decided to donate the proceedings from the opening evening of the 2009 Opera and Ballet Season and the IX Festival di Sant’Efisio, Wednesday 22nd April at 8.30pm, to the Protezione Civile Nazionale (National Civil Defence), as a gesture of the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari ‘s solidarity and in support of the initiatives in aid of the population of Abruzzo hit recently by the earthquake.