As Martini is led away, Colombo pauses at the opera house exit. He looks up at the grand chandelier, then back at the detective who arrested the Maestro.
Professor Aldo Martini, a celebrated but vain conductor, murders his longtime librettist, Franco, in a fit of rage. Franco had threatened to reveal that Martini stole the score for his award-winning symphony from a young, unknown composer. Martini’s alibi? He was live on stage, conducting Verdi’s Requiem at the Teatro alla Scala, bathed in sweat and spotlights before two thousand witnesses, at the exact moment of the killing. colombo episodi
The Perfect Alibi (Un alibi perfetto)