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Rosa Feola (Lucia) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Speranza Scappucci and Rosa Feola lead a compelling Lucia di Lammermoor at La Scala

By Laura Servidei, 26 June 2026

La Scala offers Lucia di Lammermoor as Donizetti intended it: complete, dramatically coherent and free of traditional cuts – a musicological achievement and a gripping theatrical experience.

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Milan

26 Jun 2026

Scappucci and Feola lead a compelling Lucia at La Scala

By Laura Servidei

Tokyo

Yannis Kokkos stages Guillaume Tell in Tokyo

By Nahoko Gotoh, 30 November 2024

For his new staging of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, director Yannis Kokkos avoids specific contemporary references, choosing a setting that transcends the times.

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Tokyo

30 Nov 2024

Yannis Kokkos stages Guillaume Tell in Tokyo

By Nahoko Gotoh

Lisette Oropesa (Lucia) © Brescia & Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Milan

Yannis Kokkos' dark, gothic Lucia di Lammermoor finally makes it to La Scala

By Laura Servidei, 13 April 2023

Riccardo Chailly conducts a wonderful, integral performance of Donizetti’s masterpiece, with two of the greatest bel canto singers of our times.

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Milan

13 Apr 2023

A dark, gothic Lucia di Lammermoor finally makes it to La Scala

By Laura Servidei