La Scala complete Opera casts and dates: 2014 – 2015

4 December (Preview for young people), 7, 10, 13, 16, 20, 23 December 2014
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Director: Deborah Warner
Sets and costumes: Chloe Obolensky
Cast
Anja Kampe, Mojca Erdmann, Klaus Florian Vogt, Falk Struckmann, PeterMattei, Kwangchul Youn, Florian Hoffmann
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
New production Teatro alla Scala

17, 20, 25, 27, 31 January; 3 February 2015
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Die Soldaten
Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher
Director: Alvis Hermanis
Sets: Alvis Hermanis – Uta Gruber-Ballehr
Costumes: Eva Dessecker
Cast
Laura Aikin, Okka von der Damerau, Cornelia Kallisch, Gabriela Beňačková, Renée Morloc, Thomas E Bauer, Daniel Brenna, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Boaz Daniel, Matthias Klink, Alfred Muff, Morgan Moody, Matjaž Robavs
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala
New production with the Salzburg Festival

1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20, 27 February 2015
Claudio Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini
Director, sets and costumes: Robert Wilson
Costumes: Jacques Reynaud
Cast
Miah Persson, Monica Bacelli, Silvia Frigato, Adriana Di Paola, Maria Celeng, Monica Piccinini, Sara Mingardo, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Luca Dordolo, Furio Zanasi, Giuseppe De Vittorio, Andrea Concetti, Mirko Guadagnini, Luigi De Donato, Andrea Arrivabene
Basso continuo: Concerto Italiano
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala
New production with the Opéra National de Paris

15, 18, 21, 25 February; 1, 11, 14 March 2015
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Director: Peter Stein
Sets: Ferdinand Woegerbauer
Costumes: Nanà Cecchi
Cast
Kristin Lewis, Anita Rachvelishvili, Fabio Sartori, Carlo Colombara, Matti Salminen, George Gagnidze/Ambrogio Maestri
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Students from the Ballet School of the Teatro alla Scala Academy
New Production Teatro alla Scala

26, 28 February; 3, 12, 15, 17 March 2015
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lucio Silla
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Director: Marshall Pynkoski
Sets and costumes: Antoine Fontaine
Choreography: Jeannette Zingg
Cast
Lenneke Ruiten, Marianne Crebassa, Inga Kalna, Eva Liebau, Rolando Villazón/Kresimir Spicer
Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala
New production with the Fondazione Mozarteume Festival di Salisburgo

22, 24, 28 March; 4, 6, 9, 13, 16 June 2015
Georges Bizet
Carmen
Conductor: Massimo Zanetti
Director and costumes: Emma Dante
Sets: Richard Peduzzi
Cast
Elīna Garanča/Anita Rachvelishvili, Elena Moşuc/Nino Machaidze, Hanna Hipp, José Cura/Francesco Meli, Artur Ruciński, Alessandro Luongo, Michal Partyka
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Children's Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy
Production Teatro alla Scala

1 May: Opening of Expo 2015; 5, 8, 12, 15, 17, 20, 23 May 2015
Giacomo Puccini
Completed by Luciano Berio
Turandot
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Sets: Raimund Bauer
Costumes: Andrea Schmidt-Futterer
Choreography: Denise Sayers
Cast
Nina Stemme, Maria Agresta, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Angelo Veccia, Roberto Covatta
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Children's Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy
New production

16, 19, 22, 24, 27, 29 May 2015
Giorgio Battistelli
CO2
Conductor: Cornelius Meister
Director: Robert Carsen
Sets: Paul Steinberg
Costumes: Petra Reinhardt
Cast
Anthony Michaels-Moore, Jennifer Johnston, Pumeza Matshikizia, David DQ Lee, Alain Coulombe
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Children's Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy
New production Teatro alla Scala
World première commissioed by the Teatro alla Scala

28, 31 May; 3, 5, 8, 11 June 2015
Gaetano Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor
Conductor: Stefano Ranzani
Director: Mary Zimmerman
Sets: Daniel Ostling
Costumes: Mara Blumenfeld
Choreography: Daniel Pelzig
Cast
Diana Damrau/Elena Moşuc, Vittorio Grigolo, Gabriele Viviani, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Juan José de León
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Production Metropolitan Opera, New York

12, 15, 17, 20, 23 June 2015
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Director: Mario Martone
Sets: Sergio Tramonti
Costumes: Ursula Patzak
Cast: Cavalleria rusticana
Elīna Garanča, Mara Zampieri, Jonas Kaufmann, Marco Vratogna
Cast: Pagliacci
Fiorenza Cedolins, Marco Berti, Marco Vratogna, Simone Piazzola, Juan José de León
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Production Teatro alla Scala

22, 24, 27, 30 June; 3, 6, 9 July 2015
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Director: Luc Bondy
Sets: Richard Peduzzi
Costumes: Milena Canonero
Cast
Béatrice Uria Monzon, Roberto Alagna, Željko Lučić, Matteo Peirone
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Children's Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy
Production Teatro alla Scala with Metropolitan Opera, New York; and the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich

4, 7, 10, 14, 17, 20, 24 July 2015
Gioachino Rossini
Otello
Conductor: John Elliot Gardiner
Director: Jürgen Flimm
Sets and costumes: Anselm Kiefer
Cast
Olga Peretyatko, Annalisa Stroppa, Gregory Kunde, Juan Diego Flórez, Roberto Tagliavini, Edgardo Rocha
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
New production Teatro alla Scala

14, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28 October; 4 November 2015
Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
Conductor: Daniele Gatti
Director: Robert Carsen
Sets: Paul Steinberg
Costumes: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Cast
Eva Mei,Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Eva Liebau, Laura Polverelli, Nicola Alaimo, Massimo Cavalletti, Francesco Demuro, Carlo Bosi
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Production Teatro alla Scala with the Royal Opera House, Londra; Canadian Opera Company, Toronto; Metropolitan Opera, New York; Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam

29, 31 October; 3, 6, 8, 11, 13 November 2015
György Kurtág
Fin de partie
Text: Samuel Beckett
Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher
Director: Luc Bondy
Sets: Johannes Schütz
Costumes: Moidele Bickel
Cast
Marie Ange Todorovitch, Alain Coulombe, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Guy de Mey
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala
New production with the Salzburg Festival
Italian première

Concert Performances

23, 25 November 2014
To celebrate Georges Prêtre's 90th Birthday
Jules Massenet
Werther
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Cast
Béatrice Uria Monzon, Hélène Guilmette, Roberto Alagna, Laurent Naouri, Vincent Le Texier
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala
Children's Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy

23 July 2015
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Soprano: Edita Gruberova
Soloists from the La Scala Academy

Le tre regine
Gaetano Donizetti
final scenes from
Maria Stuarda
Anna Bolena
Roberto Devereux

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