Overview
- The second performance on December 10 was halted after the second interval, and the audience was dismissed following an onstage announcement.
- An ambulance, an automedical unit, and theatre medical staff responded at La Scala, and Chailly was transported to hospital.
- Chailly remained lucid as he left the theatre and greeted applauding patrons, and his therapy is due to be adjusted today according to a message from his wife.
- An unusually long first interval and visible fatigue preceded the stoppage during a demanding Shostakovich production that had opened the season on December 7 to extended applause.
- Artistic coordinator Paolo Gavazzeni said the decision was taken for the work’s complexity and out of respect for Chailly, who has a monitored cardiac condition and recent health-related absences.