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MilanOtelloNew production
Verdi: Otello
Myung-whun Chung; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro alla Scala; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
MilanLes Pêcheurs de perlesNew production
Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles
Henrik Nánási; Arnaud Bernard; Teatro alla Scala; Alessandro Camera; Maria Carla Ricotti; Marco Filibeck; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
MilanDon Giovanni
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Thomas Guggeis; Robert Carsen; Teatro alla Scala; Michael Levine; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
MilanLa bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Daniel Oren; Franco Zeffirelli; Teatro alla Scala; Piero Tosi; Marco Filibeck; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
MilanAnna BolenaNew production
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Francesco Ivan Ciampa; Chiara Muti; Teatro alla Scala; Alessandro Camera; Tommaso Lagattolla; Vincent Longuemare; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
MilanThe Rake's ProgressNew production
Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
Riccardo Chailly; Kasper Holten; Teatro alla Scala; Philipp Fürhofer; Anja Vang Kragh; Jonas Bǿgh; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Salvation, damnation and circus magic: Teatro alla Scala’s new Faust
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.
Tradition reclaimed in Liliana Cavani’s lavish Traviata at La 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.
Scappucci and Feola lead a compelling Lucia at La 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.
Darkness without passion: Damiano Michieletto’s Carmen at La 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.
Anna Netrebko gatecrashes Riccardo Chailly’s La Scala farewell
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.
Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La 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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MilanDon Giovanni
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Pablo Heras-Casado; Robert Carsen; Teatro alla Scala; Michael Levine; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
MilanPeter GrimesNew production
Britten: Peter Grimes
Simone Young; Robert Carsen; Teatro alla Scala; Gideon Davey; Peter van Praet; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
MilanDie WalküreNew production
Wagner: Die Walküre
Simone Young; Sir David McVicar; Teatro alla Scala; Emma Kingsbury; David Finn; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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René Barbera: a bel canto season in Europe
As he prepares a season of debuts in some of the biggest European houses, American tenor René Barbera takes time to reflect on his bel canto roles and the challenges ahead.
Netrebko headlines new La Scala season
Few opera singers capture the public imagination like Anna Netrebko. And there are few more glittering occasions in the opera calendar than the opening night of the season at the Teatro alla Scala.