<img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/4 ... ap203b.jpg" align="right">Top tenor Roberto Alagna has stunned opera-goers at La Scala in Milan by storming off stage in the middle of a performance after he was booed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6169177.stm
This thing was supposed to be a very big deal, with Franco Zeffirelli doing his first production in 14 years at La Scala.
There are worse things than trumpet players...
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One thing you do not do in Italy is take an Italian opera LIGHTLY!
(Or react lightly. Hey- he could've give the audience the one-armed salute!)
Who said that the best audience is an informed audience?
(Or react lightly. Hey- he could've give the audience the one-armed salute!)
Who said that the best audience is an informed audience?

Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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