Teatro alla Scala 2024-25 Review: Il nome della rosa (World Premiere)

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(Ph. Brescia – Amisano © Teatro alla Scala) In a suitcase–acquired expressly to transport it due to its weight and size–travels, rehearsal after rehearsal and performance after performance, the score of “Il nome della rosa,” weighing an impressive 15 kilograms. Yet the heft of this voluminous tome is not merely physical but also semiotic: it is the fruit of the {…}

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Francesco Meli & Maria Agresta Headline Teatro alla Scala Gala

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On March 24, the Teatro alla Scala is set to present a gala concert starring Francesco Meli and Maria Agresta. The two singers will perform a program featuring music by Verdi’s “La battaglia di Legnano,” “Otello,” and “Stiffelio,” Catalani’ “La Wally” and “Loreley,” and Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.” There will also be music Marco Tutino’s “La Ciociara” and Giordano’s “Andrea Chenier.” {…}

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Roberto Alagna, Marie-Nicole Lemieux & Cecilia Bartoli Lead Les Chorégies d’Orange’s 2021 Festival

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Credits: Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Music / D. Rouvre / Kristian Schuller/Decca Festival Les Chorégies d’Orange has announced its 2021 schedule, featuring a number of vocal and orchestral works. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on the vocal works only. Camille Saint-Saëns’ operatic masterpiece “Samson et Dalila” will star Nicolas Cavallier in the role of Le Grand-Prêtre de Dagon, {…}

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Daniela Sindram To Perform at Teatro Alla Scala

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(Credit: © DR) The Teatro Alla Scala in Milan has announced that German mezzo-soprano Daniela Sindram will perform a series of three concerts between Oct. 14 and Oct. 17, 2020. Sindram will appear in Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 in D Minor with Zubin Mehta conducting the Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra. The performance will also feature the Treble {…}

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Krassimira Stoyanova & Tomasz Konieczny Highlight Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in Milan

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(Credits: © Johannes Ifkovits / © A. Karnaushenko / Hilbert Artists Management GMBH official website / © Wiener Staatsoper GmbH / Michael Pöhn) The Teatro alla Scala in Milan has announced that it will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 on Sep. 14, 16 & 17, 2020. The special performance on Sep. 12, 2020 has been reserved for the {…}

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Obituary: Giuseppe Bellanca Passes Away At 48

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On Jul. 5, 2019, Teatro alla Scala announced the untimely death of tenor Giuseppe Bellanca. He was 48. Italian news site ANSA reported that Bellanca died instantly when his Honda Hornet motorcycle crashed into a large vehicle, which, according to police, “did not respect a give way sign.” The accident occurred at Piazza Ovidio. Born in Palermo in 1970, Bellanca {…}

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Teatro Alla Scala 2018-19 Review: Khovanshchina

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(Photo: Brescia/Amisano – Teatro alla Scala) Defeated by the Tsar, the Old Believers gather together, for a final act of defiance as they prepare for their mass suicide. Led by the monk, Dosifey, they crowd the stage and invoke the name of the Lord, in preparation for their deaths. The Moon, slowly moving towards the Earth, explodes into flames and {…}

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Teatro Alla La Scala 2018-19 Review: Ernani

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The last time “Ernani” was presented at La Scala was during the 1982-83 season, starring Plácido Domingo and Mirella Freni, and conducted by Riccardo Muti. Given that it has a claim for being Verdi’s finest opera from his early period, 36 years between productions is a long time. Yet this should not come as a surprise for “Ernani” has suffered {…}

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Teatro Alla Scala 2017-18 Review – Il Pirata

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Performances of Bellini’s melodrama, “Il Pirata,” at the Teatro alla Scala have, over the years, been few and far between. Originally written for the theatre in 1827, and starring the celebrated soprano, Henriette Méric-Lalande as Imogene and the famous tenor Giovanni Battista Rubini as Gualtiero, it was roundly deemed to be a success, and quickly received two revivals, one in {…}

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Teatro alla Scala 2024-25 Review: Il nome della rosa (World Premiere)

Francesco Meli & Maria Agresta Headline Teatro alla Scala Gala

Roberto Alagna, Marie-Nicole Lemieux & Cecilia Bartoli Lead Les Chorégies d’Orange’s 2021 Festival

Daniela Sindram To Perform at Teatro Alla Scala

Krassimira Stoyanova & Tomasz Konieczny Highlight Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in Milan

Obituary: Giuseppe Bellanca Passes Away At 48

Teatro Alla Scala 2018-19 Review: Khovanshchina

Teatro Alla La Scala 2018-19 Review: Ernani

Teatro Alla Scala 2017-18 Review – Il Pirata