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Brian Jagde, Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Luca Salsi, Francisco Meli, Juan Diego Flórez, Adela Zaharia, Eleonora Buratto, Anastasia Bartoli & Diana Damrau Lead Teatro alla Scala’s 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Myung–Whun Chung conducts Verdi’s “Otello” for opening night in a production by Damiano Michieletto. The cast will include Brian Jagde, Luca Salsi, and Eleonora Buratto accompanied by Juan Francisco Gatell and Szilvia Vörös. A second cast will star Arsen Soghomonyan, Roberto Frontali and Roberta Mantegna. Performance Dates: Dec. 7, 2026-Jan. 5, 2027 Bizet’s {…}

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Marta Torbidoni Makes Unexpected Jump In at Teatro alla Scala’s ‘Nabucco’

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(Photo Credit: Michele Monasta) On May 26 at the Teatro alla Scala, Marta Torbidoni performed the role of Abigaille replacing the originally announced Anna Netrebko. According to reports, Superintendent Fortunato Ortombina took the stage before the performance to announce that  Netrebko would not be able to perform due to a travel mishap. Per reports the audience was unhappy with the {…}

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Nino Machaidze, Enea Scala, Jessica Pratt, Véronique Gens, John Osborn, Salome Jicia & Csilla Boross Lead Opéra de Marseille’s 2026-27 Season

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Opéra de Marseille has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Salome Jicia, Margaux Poguet, Floriane Hasler, Nicolas Courjal, Marc Barrard, Cyrille Dubois, Mischa Schelomianski, and Louis Morvan star in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Lawrence Foster conducts the production by Agnès Jaoui. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-11, 2026 Alexandra Marcellier, Thomas Bettinger, and Marc Scoffoni lead Puccini’s “Le Villi” with Paolo Arrivabeni conducting and Stefano {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro alla Scala 2025-26 Review: Pelléas et Mélisande

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(Photo: Monika Rittershaus / La Scala) “Opera sings too much” provocatively declared a barely thirty-year-old Claude Debussy shortly before revolutionizing the concept of lyric theater in France with what would become his only operatic work: “Pelléas et Mélisande.” A work built upon silences, allusions, and a circular sense of time: a fable situated outside reality. The result was not what {…}

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Cast Change: Marta Torbidoni Joins Teatro alla Scala’s ‘Nabucco’

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Marta Torbidoni will sing the role of Abigaille in the Teatro alla Scala’s new production of “Nabucco.” The soprano will replace the originally announced Russian soprano Inara Kozlavskaya for the June 4, 6, and 9, 2026 performances. Torbidoni has performed at the Teatro alla Scala in productions of “Norma” and has also appeared at such theatres and concert halls as {…}

News, Streaming

Teatro alla Scala to Stream ‘Nabucco’ with Luca Salsi & Anna Netrebko

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On May 29, La Scala TV is set to present a livestream of Verdi’s “Nabucco.” The live stream will feature a new production by Alessandro Talevi with Riccardo Chailly conducting the opera in a version that includes the divertissements composed by Verdi in 1848. The cast will be led by Luca Salsi as Nabucco and Anna Netrebko as Abigaille. The {…}

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Teatro alla Scala 2025-2026 Review: Turandot

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(Photo Credit: Brescia/Amisano) In 2026 Teatro alla Scala once again presents “Turandot.” This is one of the house’s emblematic titles, this time reviving the production by Davide Livermore, originally conceived in 2024 to mark the centenary of Giacomo Puccini’s death. This revival gains additional significance as it joins the celebrations of the hundredth anniversary of the opera’s world premiere in 1926. {…}

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Brian Jagde, Eleonora Buratto & Luca Salsi to Headline Teatro alla Scala’s 2026-27 Opening Night ‘Otello’

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced its cast for the 2026-27 season opening. As noted the company will open its season with a production of “Otello” directed by Damiano Michieletto under the direction of the company’s new music director Myung-Whun Chung. The cast will be headlined by Brian Jagde in the title role, alongside Eleonora Buratto as Desdemona and Luca {…}

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Teatro alla Scala Announces Operas for 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro alla Scala has revealed the operas that will be performed during the 2026-27 season. As previously reported the company will open with “Otello” in a new production by Damiano Michieletto. The company will also showcase the company premiere of “Leonora” by Ferdinando Paër in a production by Daniele Menghini and conducted by Roland Böer. Valentina Carasco will direct {…}