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MilánAspects of NijinskyNueva producción
MilánRigoletto
MilánLa Fille du régiment
MilánRiccardo Chailly / A Survivor from Warsaw
MilánAsmik Grigorian
MilánCosì fan tutteNueva producción
Rossini Renaissance renewed: Ponnelle’s Cenerentola at La Scala
Soaring voices, stumbling direction: the turmoil of Norma at La Scala
After almost 50 years, the Teatro alla Scala presents a new production of Norma, with a great cast, some shadows in the orchestra direction and several failures in the production.
Klaus Florian Vogt a successful Siegfried at La Scala
McVicar’s most successful Ring chapter yet: Siegfried convinces with beautiful imagery and a stellar cast, with Alexander Soddy at the baton.
Teenage Mozart’s Mitridate a great success at La Scala
Christophe Rousset leads Les Talens Lyriques and a stellar cast in a superb rendition of Mozart’s first opera seria.
World premiere success for Filidei’s Il nome della rosa at La Scala
A great cast and an enjoyable score seal the success of a new opera based on Umberto Eco's classic historical murder mystery, The Name of the Rose.
A forgotten meta-opera at La Scala: Gassmann’s L’opera seria
Christophe Rousset leads a great cast and an even greater orchestra in Gassmann’s 1769 rarity in Laurent Pelly’s visually striking, but oddly subdued, take on a comedy that thrives on chaos.
A new Onegin underwhelms at La Scala
Mario Martone’s new production is inconsistent, while the musical performance is hindered by lacklustre conducting and a miscast prima donna.
Hojotoho! La Scala’s new Walküre opens with a stellar cast
With bad-ass punk valkyries and rich in fantasy overtones, Sir David McVicar's La Scala Ring cycle continues.