The big 2011-2012 season opener at la Scala, the classic "prima" of December 7, 2011, was supposed to be Lucia di Lammermoor with Anna Netrebko, directed by Robert Carsen -- Scala GM Stephane Lissner had indicated last year in a newspaper interview that the rumor was true.
But there has been a slight change: Netrebko will indeed appear at la Scala, but she'll be Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, directed by Carsen, with Erwin Schrott as the Don.