An Inconvenient Truth, in song

La Scala's audience has seen it all. The premiere of Puccini's Madame Butterfly, of Verdi's Otello and now...of Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.

Arias about melting icecaps and growing carbon footprints will soon ring around the hallowed halls of Italy's famous opera house.

The AP reports that Italian Giorgio Battistelli will compose the score for the 2011 season. No word yet on whether Gore will fit the accolade of chief soloist between his Oscar and Nobel prize.

Alice Fishburn