La Scala's curtain rises again

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: December 9, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Harvey Sachs
International Herald Tribune
12-09-2004
The sound of grumbling is as much a part of the opera world as the sound of singing. And much of it has been heard here recently over the choice of Antonio Salieri's long-forgotten opera ''Europa Riconosciuta'' for the reopening of the Teatro Alla Scala after nearly three years of renovation.''Europa'' was commissioned for the house's opening in 1778, but the fact that it had never again been produced in the intervening 226 years at La Scala, or elsewhere, did not speak well for it. People asked why Riccardo Muti, the company's music ...

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