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Article: La Scala Opens in Milan Theater
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- January 19, 2002
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Title: La Scala Opens in Milan Theater
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MILAN, Italy (AP) _ The La Scala opera company inaugurated a replacement
theater Saturday, starting a three-year stay while its legendary Milanese
venue is renovated. Fans grumbled at the theater's location but raved
over the production of "La Traviata."
After struggling to reach the new Arcimboldi Theater in a former industrial
area on Milan's outskirts, a sellout crowd of 2,400 gave maestro Riccardo
Muti and singers Inva Mula and Marcelo Alvarez six minutes of rousing
applause and six curtain calls after the 31/2-hour performance of
Giuseppe Verdi's classic opera.
Mula, an Albanian soprano, was a ...