(Credit: Speranza Scappucci official website) The Teatro alla Scala has announced that conductor Evelino Pidò has withdrawn from the production of Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” due to a health emergency. As a result, Speranza Scappucci, the Music Director of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, will take over in the pit. Scappucci will lead a cast that includes Marianne {…}
(Photo credit: Tatiana Mazzola) For Iván Ayón-Rivas, 2021 was a breakout party. Selected by OperaWire as one of the 10 rising stars of 2021, the Peruvian tenor also took home top honors at Operalia before finishing out the year with his opera debut at the Teatro alla Scala. That ascension to opera’s peak was years in the making. Ayón-Rivas began {…}
Luca Salsi has been awarded the Pietro Cappuccilli Award. The baritone received the award by Patrizia Cappuccilli, daughter of the great baritone, together with our CEO Dominique Meyer and Maestro Riccardo Chailly at the end of the last performance of “Macbeth.” Salsi is one of the great baritones of his generation and has opened the Teatro alla Scala’s season four {…}
(Credit: Staatsoper Unter den Linden official website) The Teatro alla Scala has announced that bass Ildar Abdrazakov will not be appearing in the role of Banquo in the final performance of Verdi’s “Macbeth” scheduled for Dec. 29, 2021. No reason has been given for the cast change. As a result, South Korean bass Jongmin Park will take over the role. {…}
(Credit: Matthias Creutziger) Famed conductor Christian Thielemann has revealed that he will conduct a production of Wagner’s iconic “Der Ring des Nibelungen” at the Teatro alla Scala in 2024. The conductor told the Austrian Kurier in an interview, “My calendar is now almost fully booked up to and including 2027. Among other things, I will work on a ‘Ring’ production {…}
(Credit: Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano) The Teatro alla Scala has announced a date change for its production of Verdi’s “Macbeth.” The company noted that due to a national strike slated for Dec. 16, the performance on the 16th of December will be moved up a day to the 15th. All ticket holders will be transferred to the new date {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced that Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” will open the 2022-23 season. During the opening broadcast, it was announced that Ildar Abdrazakov would be taking on the title role, which he is set to perform in Vienna. The bass recently opened the Teatro alla Scala during the 2018-19 season in a production of “Atilla” and is currently {…}
(Credit: © Marco Borrelli) American tenor Michael Spyres has been honored with the prestigious Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres designation by the government of France. Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres is one of the main distinctions among the four ministerial orders of the French Republic, which rewards three times a year people who have distinguished themselves by their {…}
(Credit: Teatro alla Scala / Brescia – Amisano) One of the most important days on the opera world calendar is the opening of the Teatro alla Scala. Big stars. New productions. At the close of the calendar year. All at the world’s most legendary opera house. No surprise that this year is as big as any other with the company {…}
(Credit Brescia Amisano / Teatro alla Scala) The Teatro alla Scala will broadcast its opening night production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” on Rai Cultura. Rai will first showcase the production on Rai1 at 7:45. The production, which will be directed by Arnalda Canali, will be transmitted on Radio3, Rai1 HD canale 501, and on RaiPlay, where it will be available for {…}
On Dec. 7, 2021 the Teatro alla Scala will open with a new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” featuring an all-star cast. The production will reunite Anna Netrebko and Luca Salsi in the lead roles after having opened the season during the 2019-20 season in a new production of “Tosca.” They will be joined by Francesco Meli, who also starred in {…}
