Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Slings and Arrows
In case you thought "classical" music was all love and kisses... that's right, this is video of a recent booing incident at La Scala. The tenor, Roberto Alagna, walks off the stage (after remembering which way leads to the exit), and is replaced by, well, the other guy: Antonello Palombi. Palombi is out of costume, but nevertheless just happens to be waiting in the wings. Coincidence? You be the judge.
Somebody somewhere in this scenario (Alagna? the audience? Palombi? the lady interviewed after the booing footage?) is taking themselves too seriously. I can't figure out who...
(NB: Unless you speak Italian, you'll probably only be interested in the first 45 seconds of the video.)
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Wow - I'd heard about that - thanks for finding the video. It's not nearly as dramatic as I'd imagined. He could have at least thrown his breast plate out into the audience or something.
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