Indisposed Jonas Kaufmann out of tonight's general rehearsal of "Carmen" at Scala.
The Scala season opens in 72 hrs.
Young tenor Riccardo Massi, Kaufmann's understudy and boyfriend of Anita Rachvelishvili, the unknown cast as "Carmen" by conductor Daniel Barenboim, replaces Kaufmann.
***Update:***
Scala GM Stéphane Lissner told Italian news agency Apcom that Kaufmann will be part of Monday's premiere "100%".