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Aya Wakizono (Cenerentola) and Chuan Wang (Don Ramiro) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Rossini Renaissance renewed: Ponnelle’s Cenerentola returns to La Scala

By Laura Servidei, 6 September 2025

Conductor Gianluca Capuano leads the Accademia Teatro alla Scala orchestra and a solid cast in a fun, bubbling performance of a classic staging.

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Milan

6 Sept 2025

Rossini Renaissance renewed: Ponnelle’s Cenerentola at La Scala

By Laura Servidei

Il cappello di paglia di Firenze © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

Milan

The Accademia in search of a straw hat: Il cappello di paglia di Firenze at La Scala

By Laura Servidei, 7 September 2024

The Accademia at La Scala delivers an outstanding production of Nino Rota’s masterpiece, conducted by Donato Renzetti, leaving the audience with beaming smiles.

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Milan

7 Sept 2024

Il cappello di paglia di Firenze 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

Bechtolf applies a touch of magic realism to Hänsel und Gretel at La Scala

By James Imam, 6 September 2017

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.

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Milan

6 Sept 2017

A touch of magic realism to Hänsel und Gretel

By James Imam