The Teatro alla Scala has announced a conductor change for its concerts on Feb. 15, 16, and 18, 2023. The company said, “due to family circumstances, Daniel Harding has to withdraw from conducting the concert scheduled for 15, 16, and 18 February. La Scala thanks Daniel Barenboim who made himself available to take his place, on the same dates and {…}
The Ministero della Cultura has presented a series entitled “VIVA Verdi,” for the acquisition and valuation of the composer’s house/museum Sant’Agata di Villanova sull’Arda. The Foundation Arena di Verona will begin the series with Verdi’s “Aida.” Massimiliano Stefanelli conducts the Franco Zeffirelli production which is set to star Monica Conesa, Ivan Magrì, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Youngjun Park, Antonio Di Matteo, and {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced LaScala.tv. The new streaming platform will launch on Feb. 14 with a performance of “I Vespri Siciliani” conducted by Fabio Luisi and directed by Hugo de Ana. The performance will star Marina Rebeka, Piero Pretti, Luca Michieletti, and Dmitry Beloselskiy. LaScala.tv will be a new platform where audiences will be able to see performances {…}
The Teatro alla Scala is set to present a new production of Verdi’s Risorgimento work, “I Vespri Siciliani.” The work, which has not been performed at the famed theater since 1989-90 season season, will star Luca Micheletti, Roman Burdenko, Adriano Gramigni, Piero Pretti, Dmitry Beloselskiy, Marina Rebeka, and Angela Meade. In a statement Pretti said, “This is a stirring, complex, {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced a cast change for its final performance of “Boris Godunov.” The company said Adam Palka will replace Ildar Abdrazakov in the title role on Dec. 29. Palka has performed at the Opéra de Paris Bastille, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Teatro Real de Madrid, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, Oper Köln, and at the {…}
It’s that time of the year. A time when we can look forward to what’s to come, but also a moment to reflect on all we’ve experienced. And as has become the tradition here at OperaWire, we have asked our writers to select their choices for the opera performances that truly marveled them in 2022. So without further ado, we’ll {…}
The Teatro ala Scala has announced that it will open its 2023-24 season with a production of “Don Carlo.” The news comes a few days after the legendary theater opened its 2022-23 season with “Boris Godunov” in the midst of protests. According to maestro Riccardo Chailly, the connection between “Boris Godunov” and “Don Carlo” was that Mussorgsky was listening to {…}
“I believe that art should always be distinguished from politics, otherwise, we shouldn’t have to read Dostoevsky,” Gennaro Sangiuliano, the Culture Minister of Italy. And for this, Italy stands. This October, La Scala confirmed “Boris Godunov” for the season opener and instantly received a letter asking the company to rethink its 2022-23 season. The letter was sent by Ukrainian citizens {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has been vandalized by climate protests hours before the premiere of the 2022-23 season. The protesters threw blue and pink paint on the opera house’s columns to promote more urgent actions to curb climate change. The paint was quickly removed by authorities. According to reports, police detained five people in relation to the attack and the {…}
(Credit: Teatro alla Scala / Brescia – Amisano) The Teatro alla Scala is set to open its 2022-23 season with a production of Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov.” The opening will be broadcast worldwide with more than 60 countries showing the opening in cinemas. It will also be broadcast in 35 venues in the Milan area and will be live on television on {…}
The Teatro alla Scala is defending its choice to present “Boris Godunov” as its opening night opera. Following protests and a letter sent by the Ukrainian consul, General Director Dominque Meyer said during a press conference that the opera was planned three years ago and “contains no propaganda for the Russian government.” During the press conference, Meyer said that the {…}