(Credit: Marco Borrelli) Back in March at the height of the Pandemic, OperaWire stopped writing Artist of the Week profiles as every opera house was shut down. Now with theaters reopening in Europe, OperaWire will resume its Artist of the Week series highlighting one artist a week. This week marks the reopening of the Teatro alla Scala nearly four months {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced its reopening program. The famed Italian house reopens on July 6 with a concert featuring baritone Luca Salsi accompanied by Beatrice Rana. They will be joined by legendary cellist Mischa Maisky in a program of arias and chamber music. On July 8, Francesco Meli and Federica Lombardi will share the stage with violinist Patricia {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has launched a digital archive with Google Arts and Culture. The theater announced its via social media stating, “Walk with Street View in the Theater, in the backstage and the workshops, discovering unique details and over 259,000 images digitalized from our Archives. The archive is presented with La Scala performing in quarantine. Luca Salsi, Francesco Meli, {…}
More options, more variety. That is what is going on with the release of more streams from more companies. This week’s recommendations features the best mix of classical performances, traditional operas, and new works to engage the widest range of audience. Eugene Onegin – Opera Vision / Komische Oper Berlin (NOW) OperaVision kicks off its Russian festival in May with {…}
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 {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced it is planning to reopen in September with Verdi’s Requiem. Dominque Meyer and the administration announced the news stating that Riccardo Chailly would lead the famed work in memory of the victims of COVID-19. The concert would also be performed at later dates in Bergamo and Brescia, two of the hardest hit cities in {…}
In 2016, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman announced Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, an initiative to diversify the economy of the Kingdom and implement across-the-board reforms, including creating pathways and supporting those seeking a career in the arts. For the first time, the government put its weight behind bringing the arts to the Saudi public, and as part of Vision 2030, {…}
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has extended the lockdown until May 3, resulting in the closure of all Italian theaters. Italy was originally expected to open on April 13 but due the coronavirus and the the fatality totaling 18,849, more than any other country, Conte decided to extend. He stated, extending for another three weeks is “a difficult but necessary {…}
The Teatro alla Scala is teaming up with La RAI to stream operas starting March 23 through April 21. The company announced that RaiPlay will showcase 30 productions including four ballets, that were presented from 2008 through 2019. The productions will remain available for one month On April 6, Rai5 will broadcast an opera from Monday to Friday. On Wednesdays there {…}
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 {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has confirmed that two more artists have tested positive for Covid-19. Due to more employees testing positive, the company has ordered the entire staff of the Teatro alla Scala to work from home. According to early reports, a young tenor who was a graduate of the company’s Accademia has tested positive, while the second patient, who is {…}
