In this undated photo provided by Alla Scala theater press office, Jonas Kaufmann, right, who plays Lohengrin, and Anja Harteros, playing Elsa, perform during rehersals of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin ...

MILANMILAN — This Lohengrin is no knight in shining armor, confidently riding in on a swan to defend a beautiful maiden. No, the barefoot hero on view at La Scala these days acts more like a runaway ...

MILAN (Reuters) - Opera house La Scala was forced to change its cast for Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin" hours before the opening gala on Friday after German soprano Anja Harteros and her understudy both ...

MILANMILAN — The famed La Scala opera house inaugurated its 2012-13 season Friday with the Teutonic classic `’Lohengrin” as it launched dual bicentennial celebrations of its own Giuseppe Verdi and ...

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(AP) The famed La Scala opera house is beginning its 2012-13 season honoring the dual bicentennials of its own Giuseppe Verdi and German icon Richard Wagner, starting with the Teutonic classic ...