Anna Netrebko, Sara Jakubiak, Luca Salsi, Francesco Meli, Marina Rebeka, Michael Volle & Camilla Nylund Lead Teatro alla Scala’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” featuring Alexander Roslavets, Sara Jakubiak, Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Alexander Kravets, Valery Gilmanov, Yevgeny Akimov, Jirí Rajniš, Oleg Budaratskiy, Ekaterina Sannikova, Goderedzi Janelidze, Elena Maximova, Natalya Romaniw, Huanhong Li, and Vasyl Solodkyy. Riccardo Chailly conducts the new production by Vasily Barkhatov. Performance Dates: Dec. {…}

News, Season Announcement

Asmik Grigorian, Rolando Villazón, Xabier Anduaga, Jonathan Tetelman, Aigul Akhmetshina, Anastasia Bartoli, Camilla Nylund, Clay Hilley & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2025-26 Season

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(Credit: Deutsche Oper) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres Detlev Glanert ‘s “Die drei Rätsel” will be conducted by Dominic Limburg and directed by Brigitte Dethier. The production will star Martina Baroni, Philipp Jekal, Chance Jonas-O’Toole, Joel Allison, Padraic Rowan, Maria Vasilevskaya, and Alexandra Oomens. Performance Dates: Oct. 11, 2025-Feb. 15, 2026 Sir Donald Runnicles will {…}

Reviews

Teatro alla Scala 2024-25 Review: Il cappello di paglia di Firenze

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(Photo credit: Brescia & Amisano | Teatro alla Scala) Premiering in 1851, the French comedy “Un chapeau de paille d’Italie” left an indelible mark on theater history with its witty plot, inspiring five film adaptations over the last century: three French, one German, and one Soviet. In Italy, the story was revived by Nino Rota, who transformed it into the {…}

News, Streaming

Teatro Alla Scala to Stream ‘Il cappello di paglia di Firenze’

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(Credits: Brescia e Amisano) The Teatro alla Scala is set to stream its production of Nino Rota’s “Il cappello di paglia di Firenze” on its streaming platform LaScalaTV. The company will stream the opera on Sept. 10 at 19:45 CEST and the recording will be available on the platform until Sept. 17, 2024. The production will star students from the {…}

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Teatro alla Scala 2024-25 Review: La Cenerentola

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(Credits: Brescia e Amisano) Just days before the premiere of his new opera, Gioachino Rossini – true to his habits and to the conventions of his time – chose to speed up the process. For the Sinfonia (overture), he reused one he had written a year earlier for “La Gazzetta,” while for the protagonist’s final rondò, he adapted a fragment {…}

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Teatro alla Scala 2024-25 Review: Tosca (2019 Revival)

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(Photo: Brescia e Amisano) It was December 7, 2019, when the curtain of Teatro alla Scala rose before the select audience that annually attends the Sant’Ambroeus performance, better known among opera lovers as “La prima della Scala,” the event that inaugurates the new season of the prestigious Italian theater. To open the 2019-20 season—unaware that it would soon be brutally {…}

News, Streaming

Teatro Alla Scala & Rai to Broadcast Three Operas during 2025-26 Season

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Rai Cultura has announced that it will collaborate with the Teatro alla Scala to bring three performances to audiences from the 2025-26 season. The first performance of the season will be the opening performance of “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” which will be conducted by Riccardo Chailly and directed by Vasily Barkhatov. The cast will include Alexander Roslavets, Sara Jakubiak, Najmiddin {…}

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Leyla Gencer Voice Competition Announces 2024 Winners

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The 10th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition in Istanbul, Turkey has announced its 2024 winners. The first prize was awarded to Chinese bass HuanHong Li, while the second prize was awarded to Turkish soprano Nazlıcan Karakaş. Finally, the third prize was awarded to Ukrainian soprano Maria Knihnytska. Karakaş was also awarded the Leyla Gencer People’s Award and the La Scala Theatre {…}