Colombo Episodi -

Colombo scratches his head. "That’s funny, Maestro. Because your dressing room is locked. And the only key…" He holds it up. "…I found in Franco’s pocket."

The Perfect Alibi (Un alibi perfetto)

Martini smirks. "Impossible. My stage shoes are in my dressing room. I never left." colombo episodi

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.

"You know," Colombo says, lighting a cigar, "the Requiem is about judgment. Guess the music was right all along." Colombo scratches his head

Lieutenant Colombo arrives. He’s rumpled, his Peugeot 403 is sputtering outside the opera house, and he’s eating a panino with mortadella. He bows to the Maestro. "Oh, sir, that was… beautiful. My wife, she loves the loud parts. Me? I like the quiet bits. You know, when someone misses a note."

"Oh," Martini whispers.

Martini uses a clever trick. He pre-records a video of himself conducting, displaying it on the giant screens behind the orchestra. During a thirty-second fortissimo climax, when all eyes are on the screens, he slips out a stage door, rushes to Franco’s apartment three blocks away, commits the murder, and returns. Total time: 28 minutes. The Requiem lasts 90. No one misses him.