Chorus members at La Scala theater in Milan, protesting having to wear costumes and make gestures without extra pay during a dance performance, have gone on strike. The strike forced the cancellation on Wednesday of opening night of Berlioz's “Roméo et Juliette,†with choreography by Sasha Waltz. The choristers said the extra duties violate their contract, but management argued they were no more than normally called for, according to Italian new reports. James Conlon, the American conductor and the music director of the Los Angeles Opera, was to have led the performance. Strikes or the threat of labor action at La Scala cause frequent disruptions, usually in opera productions.
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