La Scala’s reopening gets high marks from opening night attendees. “The uncontested stars of the evening were La Scala’s fully restored, resplendent auditorium and its brand-new, technologically advanced stage. Uncontested inside the theater, at any rate. Outside, amid the thousands of bystanders, there were vociferous protests against the expenditure of public funds on a cultural operation at a time of high unemployment and government cutbacks.”