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Nadine Sierra (Violetta) and ensemble © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Tradition reclaimed: Liliana Cavani’s lavish Traviata returns to La Scala

By Laura Servidei, 19 September 2026

Reaching a milestone 100th performance, Liliana Cavani’s grand staging of La traviata returns in fine form, featuring a luminous Nadine Sierra as Violetta.

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Milan

19 Sept 2026

Tradition reclaimed in Liliana Cavani’s lavish Traviata at La Scala

By Laura Servidei

Milan

Cherubini's Ali Baba finally returns to La Scala in an Academy staging

By Renato Verga, 1 September 2018

A conventional plot retains few of the elements of its Arabian Nights original, but the Academy's young pupils display vocal mastery in Milan.

Milan

1 Sept 2018

Cherubini's Ali Baba finally returns to La Scala

By Renato Verga

Milan

The diva's still got it: Anna Netrebko makes triumphant return to La traviata at La Scala

By James Imam, 9 March 2017

Netrebko's Violetta is now fuller in body and voice than in her former incarnation. Goodbye to the fresh-faced damsel we saw in Salzburg; hello to a larger-than-life courtesan in her twilight years.

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Milan

9 Mar 2017

Netrebko returns to La traviata at La Scala

By James Imam