The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2019-20 season featuring numerous new productions, rare works, and a number of stars.

Anna Netrebko opens the Teatro alla Scala in the title role of Puccini’s ‘Tosca” with Luca Salsi in the role of Scarpia. Riccardo Chailly conducts the production by Davide Livermore. Saioa Hernández sings three performances of the title role.

Performance Dates: Dec. 7, 2019-Jan. 8, 2020 

Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo team up for Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” in Bartlett Sher’s production. Lorenzo Viotti conducts the production which also stars Nicolas Testè, Mattia Olivieri, and Marina Viotti.

Performance Dates: Jan. 15-Feb. 16, 2020

Alvis Hermanis brings his acclaimed production of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” with a cast that includes Francesco Meli, Massimo Cavalletti, Liudmyla Monastyrska, and Violeta Urmana. Nicola Luisotti conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 6-March 6, 2020

Alex Esposito, Rosa Feola, Giulio Mastrototaro, Edgardo Rocha, and Mattia Olivieri star in a new production of Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia.” The new production will be conducted by Diego Fasolis and directed Roberto Andò.

Performance Dates: Feb. 22-March 19, 2020

Riccardo Chailly conducts Damiano Michieletto’s new production of Strauss’ “Salome” with Malin Byström in the title role. Roberto Saccà, Anna Maria Chiuri, Michael Volle, and Attilio Glaser also star.

Performance Dates: March 8-31, 2020

Bernard Richter, Markus Werba, Nicolas Testé, Patricia Petibon, and Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo star in Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande.” The new production is set to be directed by Matthias Hartmann with Daniele Gatti conducting.

Performance Dates: April 4-24, 2020

Carlus Padrissa / La Fura dels Baus directs Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” with Peter Seiffert in the title role. He is joined by Christian Gerhaher, Markus Werba, Krassimira Stoyanova, Dorothea Röschmann, and Daniela Sindram.

Performance Dates: April 23-May 27, 2020

Ferruccio Furlanetto, Roberto Frontali, Giorgio Berrugi, Federica Lombardi, and Giorgio Misseri star in Montemezzi’s “L’Amore di Tre Re” with Carlo Rizzi conducting and Àlex Ollé / La Fura dels Baus directing.

Performance Dates: May 17-June 10, 2020

Daniel Oren conducts a new production of Giordano’s “Fedora” by Mario Martone. Sonya Yoncheva sings the title role alongside Roberto Alagna with a cast that also includes Mariangela Sicilia, Massimo Cavalletti, and Marco Ciaponi.

Performance Dates: Nov. 10-29, 2020

Fabio Sartori, Luca Salsi, Saioa Hernández, and Violeta Urmana star in a new production of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The production by Gabriele Salvatores will be conducted by Zubin Mehta.

Performance Dates: June 20-July 16, 2020

Maria Rebeka and Angel Blue share the title role in Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Francesco Meli and Charles Castronovo sharing the role of Alfredo. Leo Nucci, Plácido Domingo, and George Petean share the role of Germont with Zubin Mehta and Michele Gamba alternating at the pit.

Performance Dates: July 11-Nov. 25, 2020

Soloists of the Teatro alla Scala Academy take on Rossini’s “Il Viaggio in Reims” with Paolo Carignani conducting.

Performance Dates: Sept. 1-25, 2020

Cecilia Bartoli stars in Robert Carsen’s new production of Handel’s “Semele” with Ian Bostridge, Max Emanuel Cencic, and Sara Mingardo and Gianluca Capuano.

Performance Dates: Oct. 17-30, 2020

La Scala presents a double bill of Arnold Schönberg’s “Erwartung” and Luigi Nono’s “Intolleranza 1960.”

Damiano Michieletto directs the production with Camilla Nylund singing both works. The double bill also stars Giorgio Berrugi,  Anna Maria Chiuri, Simone Piazzola, and Dario Russo. Zubin Mehta conducts. 

Performance Dates: Oct. 29-Nov. 11, 2020

Saioa Hernández sings the title role in Davide Livermore’s new production of Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda.” She is joined by Daniela Barcellona, Roberto Tagliavini, Judit Kutasi, Francesco Meli, and Luca Salsi. Ádám Fischer conducts. 

Performance Dates: Nov. 10-29, 2020

Concerts 

Riccardo Chailly conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Christiane Karg as the soloists.

Performance Dates: Sept. 26-29, 2019

Zubin Mehta conducts Mahler’s Symphony no 3 with Daniela Sindram conducting.

Performance Dates: March 7-12, 2020

Riccardo Chailly conducts Luciano Chailly’s Sonata tritematica and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with soloists Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Claudia Huckle, Michael König, and Vitalij Kowaljow.

Performance Dates: June 8-12, 2020

Myung-Whun Chung conducts Rossini’s Stabat Mater with Rosa Feola, Veronica Simeoni, René Barbera, and Roberto Tagliavini.

Performance Dates: June 27-July 1, 2020

Recitals 

Matthias Goerne sings a recital with Leif Ove Andsnes and the music of Schumann.

Performance Date: Dec. 3, 2019

Erwin Schrott joins pianist Giulio Zappa for an evening of song and arias.

Performance Date: Jan. 26, 2020

Aleksandra Kurzak sings music by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, R. Strauss with pianist Julius Drake and Violist Tomasz Wabnic.

Performance Date: Feb. 23, 2020

Ekaterina Semenchuk and pianist Semjon Skigin will perform music by Glinka and Mussorgsky.

Performance Date: March 15, 2020

Bejun Mehta and pianist Jonathan Ware perform music by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Britten, and Mahler.

Performance Dates: April 19, 2020

Marina Rebeka sings music by Rachmaninov, Bellini, and Verdi with pianist Giulio Zappa.

Performance Date: Oct. 27, 2020

Sabine Devieilhe and pianist Alexandre Tharaud team up for music by Debussy, Poulenc, Fauré, and Ravel.

Performance Date: Nov. 9, 2020

Extraordinary Performances

Magdalena Kožená and Simon Rattle team up for an evening of chamber music by composers Ernest Chausson, Stravinsky, Ravel, R. Strauss,  Brahms, Janáček, and Dvořák.

Performance Date: Oct. 20, 2019

Plácido Domingo celebrates his 50th-anniversary concert with Saioa Hernández, Jorge de León, and Ferruccio Furlanetto in a program of Verdi. Evelino Pidò conducts.

Performance Date: Dec. 15, 2019

John Eliot Gardiner conducts a Christmas concert with soloists Allan Clayton, Anne Hallenberg, Lionel Lhote, Nicolas Courjae, and Thomas Dolié performing Berlioz’s “L’enfance du Christ Sacred Trilogy.”

Performance Dates: Dec. 20 & 21, 2019

Christian Thielemann conducts two different R.Strauss programs with Anja Kampe as a soloist.

Performance Date: Sept. 6 & 7, 2020

Anna Netrebko brings her acclaimed Night and Day program with music by Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, R. Strauss, Debussy, Charpentier, Tchaikovsky, Leoncavallo, Fauré, Dvořák, Moore, and Offenbach. Malcolm Martineau accompanies on piano.

Performance Date: Nov. 15, 2020