Not only la Scala is losing tenor Marcelo Alvarez for both their Andrea Chenier next June and their next Prima, Don Carlos on 12/7/2008, as previously reported; they also lost their most exciting choice for director, Terry Gilliam, who was in charge of giving good ole Chenier a patina of provocative genius and whose choice had generated much international attention for the opera house.
In Gilliam's place, French veteran Nicolas Joel, former Monty Python member and famous film director of masterpieces such as Brazil, Time Bandits, 12 Monkeys.
The good news is, maybe the orchestra will strike again, so it doesn't matter who would have directed the opera because nobody will see it!