This coming Tuesday @ la Scala -- if the orchestra decides to grace the audience with their presence and not strike, for once -- we'll be given a very special tasty treat: Mariella Devia and Anna Caterina Antonacci going face to face in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda (Devia as Maria and Antonacci as Elisabetta).
The two first ladies of the opera have spawken sitting side by side with Corriere della Sera: "Blah blah blah naw we don't hate each other naw who cares who gets the biggest applause blah blah blah it's a great opera blahzy blah.
What's really interesting is that the last time this opera was performed at la Scala, in 1971, the two leads were Caballé and Verrett (the CD is now playing quite loud at Casa Opera Chic).
We really can't wait until Tuesday night to give our verdict on the battle of the stars.
