La Scala's opening night on the 7th December takes place while the city is in festive mood - it coincides with celebrations for Milan's patron saint. Piazza della Scala fills with TV cameras and paparazzi who come to record the gathering of Milan's fur-clad celebrities and hoity-toity.
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