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MilanCarmenNew production

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

MilanLucia di Lammermoor

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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Speranza Scappucci; Yannis Kokkos; Teatro alla Scala; Vinicio Cheli; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

MilanL'elisir d'amoreNew production

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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Marco Alibrando; Maria Mauti; Teatro alla Scala; Orchestra dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala; Coro di voci bianche dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala

MilanLa traviata

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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

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

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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

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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

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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.

****1
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Diamonds and steel: Anna Pirozzi rules in La Scala’s Turandot revival

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

****1
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The Ring returns to the Rhine: Götterdämmerung at La Scala

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Under Alexander Soddy’s powerful conducting and Sir David McVicar’s dark, evocative staging, the Ring finds a searing conclusion, anchored by a powerful Brünnhilde from Camilla Nylund, as the world burns.
*****
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Shostakovitch’s Lady Macbeth conquers La Scala on opening night

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Shostakovich's brutal tale of sex, murder and madness storms La Scala's opening night, with Riccardo Chailly leading his final season premiere as Music Director. 

****1
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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.