With performers infected, La Scala season premiere canceled

ROME (AP) — The Dec. 7 season premiere at Milan’s La Scala opera house is being scrapped after a rash of COVID-19 infections among musicians and chorus members. The theater’s board of directors decided on Wednesday to cancel this year’s version of a gala event that is one of Italy’s cultural highlights. “Lucia di Lammermoor” had been on the bill. La Scala reported a week ago that the entire orchestra was told to quarantine after nine musicians tested pos