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Alex Esposito (Méphistophélès) and Vittorio Grigolo (Faust) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Teatro alla Scala, Nov 03, 05, 08

Gounod: Faust

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

Teatro alla Scala, Nov 07, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 mat, 18, 19 mat, eve, 21

Stravinsky

George Balanchine; Pina Bausch; Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Teatro alla Scala, Dec 07, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 29, 2027 Jan 02, 05

Verdi: Otello

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

Teatro alla Scala, Dec 17, 18 mat, eve, 23 mat, eve, 30, 31, 2027 Jan 03 mat, eve, 09, 10 mat, eve, 13, 16

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Rudolf Nureyev; Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company; Andrea Quinn; Nicholas Georgiadis; Andrea Giretti

Teatro alla Scala, Sun 20 Dec at 20:00

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

Teatro alla Scala, 2027 Jan 22, 24 mat, 27, 30, Feb 02, 07

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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Emotionally compelling: Anna Netrebko in Verdi’s Requiem at La Scala

Riccardo Chailly with soloists Caterina Piva, Anna Netrebko, Antonio Poli and Michele Petrusi © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Monique ten Boske, 28 Oct

Gold dust, shattered shop windows and a soprano between profanity and prayer: Anna Netrebko’s dark intensity meets rare tenderness in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, as Milan’s unrest invades La Scala.

****1

Laura Servidei, 24 Oct

The Teatro alla Scala closes its season with a visually audacious new production of Faust, directed by Johannes Erath, and driven by Daniele Rustioni’s fiery conducting.

***11

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

Laura Servidei, 19 Sep

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

****1

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

Laura Servidei, 26 Jun

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

Clémentine Margaine (Carmen) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Laura Servidei, 12 Jun

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

Anna Netrebko (Abigaille) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Laura Servidei, 16 May

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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