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MilanLa traviata

Nadine Sierra (Violetta) and ensemble © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Verdi: La traviata
Michele Gamba; Liliana Cavani; Teatro alla Scala; Dante Ferretti; Gabriella Pescucci; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala; Coro del Teatro alla Scala

MilanFaustNew production

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Gounod: Faust
Daniele Rustioni; Johannes Erath; Teatro alla Scala; Heike Scheele; Gesine Völlm; Fabio Antoci; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

MilanVerdi: Messa da Requiem / Riccardo Chailly

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Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala; Riccardo Chailly; Anna Netrebko; Elīna Garanča; Fabio Sartori; Michele Pertusi

MilanOtelloNew production

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Verdi: Otello
Myung-whun Chung; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro alla Scala; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

MilanChristmas Concert

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Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala; Myung-whun Chung; Valentina Farcaş; Fleuranne Brockway; Siyabonga Maqungo; Simon Lim

MilanLes Pêcheurs de perlesNew production

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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles
Henrik Nánási; Arnaud Bernard; Teatro alla Scala; Alessandro Camera; Maria Carla Ricotti; Marco Filibeck; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Tradition reclaimed in Liliana Cavani’s lavish Traviata at La Scala

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

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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Scappucci and Feola lead a compelling Lucia at La Scala

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

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.

****1
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Darkness without passion: Damiano Michieletto’s Carmen at La Scala

Clémentine Margaine (Carmen) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Despite Michieletto's visual gloom, the evening is redeemed by Myung-whun Chung’s masterful conducting and a cast that brings conviction to a production that rarely trusts the opera’s own dramatic power.
**111
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Anna Netrebko gatecrashes Riccardo Chailly’s La Scala farewell

Anna Netrebko (Abigaille) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Chailly’s final new production as artistic director is a celebration of Verdi and of a conductor whose relationship with the Milanese audience has clearly deepened over the years.
*****
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Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala

Sara Blanch (Mélisande) and Bernard Richter (Pelléas) © Monika Rittershaus | Teatro alla Scala

The Italian director makes his long-awaited Italian operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in a production which perfectly mirrors Debussy’s most enigmatic creation.

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Diamonds and steel: Anna Pirozzi rules in La Scala’s Turandot revival

Anna Pirozzi (Turandot) and Mariangela Sicilia (Liù) © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

Visually enchanting and meticulously staged, this centenary revival confirms Livermore's production as a modern classic. 

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MilanPeter GrimesNew production

Peter Grimes © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Britten: Peter Grimes
Simone Young; Robert Carsen; Teatro alla Scala; Gideon Davey; Peter van Praet; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

MilanDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Pablo Heras-Casado; Robert Carsen; Teatro alla Scala; Michael Levine; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

MilanDas RheingoldNew production

Ólafur Sigurdarson (Alberich), Andrea Carroll, Svetlina Stoyanova and Virginie Verrez (Rhinemaidens) © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Simone Young; Sir David McVicar; Teatro alla Scala; Emma Kingsbury; David Finn; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala