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Rossini Renaissance renewed: Ponnelle’s Cenerentola at La Scala
Conductor Gianluca Capuano leads the Accademia Teatro alla Scala orchestra and a solid cast in a fun, bubbling performance of a classic staging.
Il cappello di paglia di Firenze at La Scala
The Accademia at La Scala delivers an outstanding production of Nino Rota’s masterpiece, conducted by Donato Renzetti, leaving the audience with beaming smiles.
Cherubini's Ali Baba finally returns to La Scala
A conventional plot retains few of the elements of its Arabian Nights original, but the Academy's young pupils display vocal mastery in Milan.
A touch of magic realism to Hänsel und Gretel
Bechtolf's seductively imaginative staging consists in a flat pack fairytale world full of surprises that delight like the contents of a pop up book.