(Credits: Fabien Monthubert / Simon Fowler/Decca /Askonas Holt Artists Management) The Teatro alla Scala has announced three upcoming concerts featuring some of opera’s greatest stars. First up, soprano Sabine Devieilhe will present a recital on Dec. 14, 2020. The showcase, which will also feature pianist Alexandre Tharaud, will include works by Ravel, Poulenc, Fauré, and Debussy. The recital will be {…}
(Photo: David Beale) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted independently of OperaWire’s editors. With the end of the {…}
(Credit: Teatro alla Scala) RaiUno has released ratings from the Teatro alla Scala’s opening night concert “A Riveder le Stelle.” According to the Rai, 2.6 million spectators tuned into the star-studded gala which featured more than 20 soloists and was conducted by Riccardo Chailly and directed by Davide Livermore. The rating was below the 2019-20 season opening of “Tosca” which {…}
The Teatro alla Scala is set to open its 2020-21 season on Dec. 7 with a gala performance entitled “A Riveder le Stelle.” The gala, which is prerecorded and will be performed without an audience, will be streamed for audiences around the world. The gala will be broadcast in Italy on RAI 1, RAI 1 HD, and RAI Play while {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced the musical selections for its opening night on Dec. 7. The program will include music by Verdi, Wagner, Cilea, Puccini, Donizetti, Bizet, Massenet, Giordano, and Rossini. Among the operas that will be showcaeed on opening night include “Lucia di Lammermoor,” “Adriana Lecouvreur,” “L’Elisir d’Amore,” “Guglielmo Tell,” “Madama Butterfly,” “Don Carlo,” Rigoletto,” “Andrea Chenier,” “Die {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced that during the Dec. 7 gala, the theater will pay tribute to Mirella Freni. The concert will open with a video recording of Mirella Freni performing “Io son l’umile ancella” from a performance of Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” at the legendary theater. Freni was associated with La Scala where she performed for 34 years from 1962 {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced the gala concert for Dec. 7, 2020. The concert will be streamed online and TV and without an audience and will feature soloists Lisette Oropesa and Juan Diego Florez, who were originally scheduled to open the theater in a new production of “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The concert will also see Vittorio Grigolo, Francesco Meli, {…}
Soprano Eugenia Ratti died in her hometown of Piacenza on November 16, 2020 at the age of 87. Ratti was a contemporary of Maria Callas, singing opposite the famed soprano in 1957 at Teatro alla Scala as Lisa in the Visconti production of “La sonnambula,” conducted by Leonard Bernstein. She also replaced Callas as Rosina in The Dallas Opera’s 1959 {…}
The Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala has canceled all autumn concerts. The news comes days after the Teatro alla Scala was forced to cancel the highly anticipated opening night production of “Lucia di Lammermoor” on Dec. 7. The opera will be replaced by a gala concert that will be streamed on Rai. As a result, the orchestra announced that {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has canceled its 2020-21 opening night on Dec. 7, 2020. The company was set to open a new production of “Lucia di Lammermoor” starring Lisette Oropesa and Juan Diego Florez. However, the company decided to cancel the opening production after analyzing the current conditions and restrictions imposed by the Italian government. The current regulations prohibit the {…}
Following the closure of theaters around European numerous protests were staged outside major theaters Among the theaters that saw protests included the Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro alla Scala, and Gran Teatre del Liceu. According to the Bayerische Staatsoper’s social media pages employees and members of all Munich theaters demonstrated with a human chain through the city center {…}
