{"id":261,"date":"2006-12-13T17:31:53","date_gmt":"2006-12-13T17:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sararosso.com\/index.php\/2006\/12\/13\/big-boys-dont-cry\/"},"modified":"2011-11-12T23:37:29","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T21:37:29","slug":"big-boys-dont-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/13\/big-boys-dont-cry\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama at La Scala Opera House: Big boys don&#8217;t cry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve decided to try and blog every day from Dec. 11 &#8211; 22, which is the exact length of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chezpim.typepad.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/menu_for_hope_i.html\">Menu for Hope<\/a><\/strong> fundraiser. My prize code is <strong>EU15<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s five other cool prizes for the Menu for Hope today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Kitchenaid Mixer from Megnut<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kalynskitchen.blogspot.com\/\">A photo studio box<\/a> from Kalyn&#8217;s Kitchen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chaxiubao.typepad.com\/chaxiubao\/2006\/12\/menu_for_hope_i.html\">Autographed books by Anthony Bourdain<\/a> from Cha Xiu Bao<\/li>\n<li>Dinner at Delfina in SF by Confessions of a Restaurant Whore<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bonappegeek.com\/2006\/12\/11\/menu-for-hope\/\">A pasta machine<\/a> from Bon Appegeek [US\/Canada only]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lots of people are talking about the second performance of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aida\">Aida<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teatroallascala.org\/public\/LaScala\/EN\/index.html\">La Scala<\/a> this past Sunday. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/320753390\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/136\/320753390_7a5daaf291.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"La Scala\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In short, the lead tenor was booed. And he walked off the stage. <\/p>\n<p>In the middle of the performance.<\/p>\n<p>His understudy stepped in to &#8220;save&#8221; the day in jeans and without the gilded costume of his &#8220;superior&#8221; &#8211; you can see what happened <a href=\"http:\/\/multimedia.repubblica.it\/home\/503086\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The woman in the video says it correctly: &#8220;What a way to ruin your career!&#8221; Of course, no one expects anyone to boo at La Scala, and they try to smooth over things a bit by saying these people were sitting in the &#8220;common&#8221; section, and I guess therefore with &#8220;common&#8221; manners. There are often references in Italy about &#8220;commoners&#8221; and being a &#8220;common&#8221; person versus the &#8220;bourgeois&#8221; so this isn&#8217;t as base a description as you might think.<\/p>\n<p>But I guess we can also say, the commoners were expecting a level of quality that they felt wasn&#8217;t met. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure how the rest of the song went, but that little clip wasn&#8217;t that impressive. Not sure it merited a boo, however.<\/p>\n<p>The tenor in question, Roberto Alagna, walked off &#8211; talk about a temper! I advise you to cover the right-hand portion of your screen when going to view his <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roberto_Alagna\">Wikipedia profile<\/a> &#8211; the picture is heinous and a nod to 80s big hair rock. Talk about fusion of music genres.<\/p>\n<p>His understudy, Antonello Palombi, doesn&#8217;t have a Wikipedia profile yet, but I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s only a matter of time.<\/p>\n<p>So, two people have been thrust into the spotlight, as well as La Scala. They really can&#8217;t lose &#8211; they get a double set of publicity after the opening, and all they have to do is promise not to work with that tenor again to pacify their public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wake up my sleepy readers&#8230;..who&#8217;s right? The public? The artist? Who&#8217;s booed at a theatrical performance? Who&#8217;s walked off stage? Tempers are part of art? So is public opinion?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: My blogger account hasn&#8217;t been upgraded to Beta so I&#8217;ve been unable to comment on yours if it&#8217;s Beta. Boo Google!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve decided to try and blog every day from Dec. 11 &#8211; 22, which is the exact length of the Menu for Hope fundraiser. My prize code is EU15. Here&#8217;s five other cool prizes for the Menu for Hope today: A Kitchenaid Mixer from Megnut A photo studio box from Kalyn&#8217;s Kitchen Autographed books by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/13\/big-boys-dont-cry\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-261","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-italian-culture","7":"category-italy","8":"category-milan","9":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-4d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":351,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/04\/last-minute-at-la-scala-teatro-alla-scala\/","url_meta":{"origin":261,"position":0},"title":"Last Minute at La Scala (Teatro alla Scala)","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"June 4, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"A few weeks ago, my friend got tickets to a recital by Mariella Devia, an Italian soprano at Teatro alla Scala. 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