The Teatro alla Scala has announced that it will suspend performances until March 8, 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement, the company said, “in relation to the diffusion of the Coronavirus, the Prime Minister has decreed the suspension of any events and initiatives and of any meeting in public places, including cultural ones, until Sunday, March 8. {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced that one of its chorus members has contracted the coronavirus. In a press statement, the company said that after the Feb. 12, 2020 performance of “Il Trovatore,” the member stayed home on Feb. 13 due to illness. The member later tested positive for infection and according to the statement has already passed the acute phase {…}
The Teatro alla Scala in Milan presented Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” in a production by the American director Bartlett Sher and revived by Dan Rigazzi. For this production, the tragedy of the Verona lovers, with the libretto by Carré and Barbier, is set in an eighteenth-century Italian city, with a sumptuous neoclassical style palace at the core of the scenery {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has rescheduled Aleksandra Kurzak’s recital. The company announced that the new date for the soprano’s recital would be on May 4, 2020. The Teatro alla Scala was forced to postpone the recital scheduled for Feb. 23, 2020 due to the spread of the coronavirus. The company announced this past weekend that “the Teatro alla Scala’s performances {…}
The Teatro alla Scala in Milan has suspended all performances due to the Coronavirus. The theater stated via social media, “the Teatro alla Scala’s performances are suspended in relation to the spread of the coronavirus as a precautionary measure pending the provisions of the competent authorities.” The Teatro alla Scala is in the middle of a production of Verdi’s “Il {…}
(Photo Credit: Metropolitan Opera House/Vladimir Shirokov) Soprano Anna Netrebko has been named the Laureate for the 2020 Polar Music Prize. The announcement was made on Tuesday morning, Feb. 11 at the Stockholm City Hall by Alfons Karabuda, chairman of the Polar Music Prize award committee. The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, the manager and music {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) Uruguayan bass Erwin Schrott cancelled the recital scheduled for January 26, 2020 at the Teatro alla Scala, according to the official statement on the company’s website. Per the statement, the stated reason for the cancelation was “dental surgery that cannot be postponed.” However, per to the same statement, the recital has been rescheduled for October 4, 2020. {…}
Marina Rebeka is set to open the Teatro alla Scala in “Otello.” According to Beckmesser, the soprano will sing the role of Desdemona alongside Jonas Kaufmann and will open the 2020-21 season. The news is part of Alexander Pereira’s final plans before Dominque Meyer takes over as General Director. Rebeka made her Teatro alla Scala in 2019 in the role {…}
Ópera en Cine is set to present Verdi’s “I Masnadieri” from the Teatro alla Scala. The opera will be presented throughout Spain starting Jan. 16 in such cities as Barcelona, Bilbao, and Valencia, Zaragoza. Earlier in October the production was shown on Rai5 in Italy. ”I Masnadieri” was presented at the Teatro alla Scala this past summer in a new {…}
Anna Netrebko has canceled her final two performances of Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Teatro alla Scala. The company announced that “due to a sudden illness, Anna Netrebko has to withdraw from Tosca’s performances on Dec. 19 and 22.” As a result, Saioa Hernández will replace Netrebko. Hernández was already scheduled for three performances of “Tosca” on Jan. 2, 5, and {…}
(Credit: Teatro alla Scala / Brescia Amisano) The Teatro alla Scala’s opening night has broken records. The 2019-20’s “Tosca” broadcast was viewed by 2.8 million on Rai 1, the most viewers for an opera in the history of the broadcaster. Viewership was up from last season’s “Atilla” which was viewed by 1.9 million and from the previous record for “Madama {…}