OC reported early this morning (see post below) on the cancellations that were rumoured to plague tomorrow night's Tosca (in Luc Bondy's controversial new direction) is now made official by La Scala. Italian news agency ANSA reports that La Scala's currently under attack of a nasty virus that's culled half of Tosca's opening night cast.
Among the sick are Jonas Kaufmann (Cavaradossi #1), Oksana Dyka (Tosca), Marco Berti (Cavaradossi #2) and Davide Pellissero (Sciarrone), all who have contracted a fast-spreading virus.
Kaufmann's to be replaced by Aleksandrs Antonenko in the role of Cavaradossi, Sondra Radvanovsky saves the day as lead Tosca, and Alessandro Calamai will sing Sciarrone.
