MUSIC/DANCE

Noise From the Boys: A blazing quarrel erupted this week between the orchestra and ballet dancers at Milan’s La Scala Opera House during rehearsals for Natalia Makarova’s ballet “La Bayadere.” Miffed at talking and cackling from the orchestra pit, the head of the corps de ballet issued a stern demand for quiet. “But instead of heeding the call, the orchestra rose up in a squalid cacophony,” the dancers union said in a statement. “Insults and even bad words were applied to the head of the corps.” The statement went on to say that “it’s about time we had a new orchestra which can act with decorum and dignity,” and denounced musical director Riccardo Muti for missing rehearsals.