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Alessandra Ferri on Vienna and how growing older is a form of freedom
A sell-out first season in Vienna, pointe shoes thrown away, contentment alone: Alessandra Ferri on freedom and La Scala, the theatre of her heart.
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La Scala’s podcast La Vertigine becomes a vodcast, opening with Otello and The Nutcracker
The La Scala podcast La Vertigine goes video, opening with Otello and a live Damiano Michieletto recording, before Nutcracker and Don Giovanni.
From Parma to Hollywood: Verdi Off takes the Maestro to Los Angeles
Verdi Off in Los Angeles opens with a gala honouring former La Scala principals Petra Conti and Eris Nezha, and ends with flashmobs on Venice Beach.
Review: Royal Ballet’s Visionaries pairs two inventive masterpieces, Dances at a Gathering and Song of the Earth
Once refused by the board, MacMillan’s Song of the Earth returns beside Dances at a Gathering, a Royal Ballet favourite since 1970, in Visionaries.
La Scala puts every performance since 1778 online in new digital chronology
La Scala’s online chronology now covers every performance from 1778, with libretti, newspapers and Tintori’s 1978 listings filling the gap.
Review: Anna Karenina – Christian Spuck’s Tolstoy ballet, conceived in Ipswich, thrives in Oslo
Anna Karenina comes of age in Oslo: Grete Sofie Borud Nybakken triumphs in the title role, with a sizzling Douwe Dekkers, in Spuck’s Tolstoy ballet.
Piero Cappuccilli centenary: Kabaivanska, Carreras and Nucci at La Scala
Cappuccilli wanted to be an architect, yet opened La Scala’s season 13 times. Kabaivanska, Carreras and Nucci recalled his endless breath and calm.
