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A Riverder Le Stelle – A Behind the Scenes Look At the Teatro alla Scala’s Big Night

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It was a night meant to go down in history. As we entered the halls and through the corridors of access to the boxes of the Teatro alla Scala, we could see the protagonists of this particular evening full of pride and, in the case of director Davide Livermore, liveliness and joy. The protagonists and spectators were all there, a {…}

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Lisette Oropesa & Juan Diego Flórez To Open The 2020-21 Season at Teatro Alla Scala

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(Credits: Jason Homa / Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Music Entertainment) The superintendent at the Teatro alla Scala Dominique Meyer has confirmed that Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” will open the 2020-21 season on Dec. 7, 2021. In an interview with La Reppublica, Meyer said, the opera will star Lisette Oropesa and Juan Diego Flórez. Music Director of the Teatro alla Scala Riccardo Chailly will conduct the production {…}

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Eleonora Buratto to Inaugurate ‘La Strada del Melodramma’

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) Eleonora Buratto will become the first opera star to lend her face to a project at the Renata Tebaldi Museum: the laying of paving stones dedicated to the great artists of melodrama in the town of Busseto. This urban art project, entitled “La strada del melodramma,” will be inaugurated by Buratto on Oct. 11. The project starts {…}

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Teatro Alla Scala Confirms Opening With ‘La Traviata,’ ‘Aida’ & ‘La Boheme’

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The Teatro alla Scala has confirmed that it will open in September after losing 23 million due to the coronavirus pandemic. Dominique Meyer, the new director of the theater, confirmed that the theater will present the Verdi Requiem in honor of the many people who lost their lives to the virus and the families affected by the pandemic. The director {…}

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Obituary: Former Teatro alla Scala Casting Director Luca Targetti Dies of Coronavirus

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Luca Targetti has died at the age of 62 from the coronavirus. The Teatro alla Scala announced the new via a press release that stated, “Sovrintendente Dominique Meyer, Music Director Riccardo Chailly, all the artists and staff of Teatro alla Scala together with the Academy Teatro alla Scala have learnt with dismay of Luca Targetti’s sudden passing after a short {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann Set for Vienna State Opera’s New Year’s Eve ‘Die Fledermaus’

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(© Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical) Jonas Kaufmann is set to make a surprise cameo appearance at the Vienna State Opera’s New Year’s Eve gala. The famed tenor will be among the “surprise guests” that appear during the second Act of “Die Fledermaus” at Prince Orlovsky’s part. Throughout the production’s history, the company has had a tradition of expanding the {…}

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Wiener Staatsoper To World Premiere ‘Orlando’

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(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper) On Dec. 8, 2019 the Wiener Staatsoper will present the world premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s opera “Orlando.” The work, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, was commissioned by Wiener Staatsoper Director Dominique Meyer in 2014 and will mark the first time the company collaborates with a female composer. Written by Franco-American author and playwright Catherine Filloux {…}

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Wiener Staatsoper General Director Opens Up About #MeToo Movement

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General Director of the Wiener Staatsoper Dominique Meyer has spoken up about the #MeToo movement. Meyer, who will be taking the post of General Director at the Teatro alla Scala and will end his term in Vienna in March, criticized American institutions on how they dealt with Plácido Domingo. He told the AP, “I do not admire really what is {…}

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Met Opera’s Peter Gelb Stands By Plácido Domingo, Questions ‘Veracity’ of Sexual Harassment Allegations

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The Metropolitan Opera’s general manager Peter Gelb has stated that Plácido Domingo will continue to perform with the organization as previously scheduled. Per a report from NPR, the manager spoke to members of the chorus and orchestra about allegations against Domingo and noted that he decided to keep Domingo’s performance on the schedule because he did not feel that the {…}