New La Scala In The Spotlight

La Scala’s reopening gets high marks from opening night attendees. “The uncontested stars of the evening were La Scala’s fully restored, resplendent auditorium and its brand-new, technologically advanced stage. Uncontested inside the theater, at any rate. Outside, amid the thousands of bystanders, there were vociferous protests against the expenditure of public funds on a cultural operation at a time of high unemployment and government cutbacks.”