A tale of two Italian opera cities

Austerity was out of sight in Milan last week as a starry Don Giovanni opened La Scala's first season under Daniel Barenboim. There's an operatic renaissance in nearby Turin, too, led by Milanese maestro Gianandrea NosedaPolice with riot shields cordoned off the streets. Crowds jostled to glimpse passing politicians and fashionistas. The season's opening night at La Scala, Milan, the world's most illustrious opera house – and offstage, with its long history of strikes and walkouts, one of the ...

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