Live Txt messaging from bloodthirsty loggione and elsewhere in la Scala allows Opera Chic (and her readers) learn that Lorin Maazel has sensibly accelerated his sleepwalking tempi from the other night and is conducting a definitely faster, edgier, more tense Traviata.
Angela Gheorghiu's understudy Irina Lungu is actually doing very good, and we're happy for her.
As of now, it seems that a Gheorghiu-less Traviata is going much better than the trainwreck-y prima of Tuesday night.
A portent of things to come? We'll see the curtain calls...