Gore galore as Italian opera houses woo slasher-movie generation

With opera house attendances falling alarmingly, venues such as La Scala in Milan are trying to titillate and lure the youngThe image appears to come straight from a horror movie. A woman cries out in pain and anguish, her cheek streaked with blood. Behind her, figures perform an elaborate dance of death. In letters of crimson red, the tagline screams: "Two fell in love, the others massacred one another."Welcome to opera at La Scala as it has never been presented before. As ticket sales fall at ...

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