The concert programme includes some of the greatest living conductors. Riccardo Chailly will be on the podium for two evenings of the Symphony Season, Verdi's Requiem in October, and the concert to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arturo Toscanini on 25 March 1867.
The Symphony Season also sees the return of Christoph von Dohnányi (who will also conduct the Christmas Concert), Georges Prêtre and Bernard Haitink; while for the Special Concerts, there will be Mariss Jansons with the Bayerischer Rundfunk.
Riccardo Muti will return to La Scala for the first time since he retired as its Musical Director with two concerts with the Chicago Symphony.
The Recital programme sees many returning singers to the platform as well as some debuts.
CONCERT SERIES
20, 21, 22 October 2016
Filarmonica della Scala
Riccardo Chailly
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Johannes Brahms: Tragische Ouvertüre
Franz Liszt: Concerto N° 1
Johannes Brahms: Symphony N° 2
11, 14, 15 December 2016
La Scala Chorus and Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
Genia Kühmeier, soprano; Elisabeth Jansson, mezzosoprano
Mauro Peter, tenor; Andreas Bauer, bass
23, 24, 25 January 2017
Filarmonica della Scala
Gustav Mahler: Symphony N° 5
13, 15, 17 March 2017
Filarmonica della Scala
Georges Prêtre
Ottorino Respighi: I pini di Roma
Johannes Brahms: Ungarische Tänze 1, 3, 4, 5
Richard Strauss : Der Rosenkavalier, Suite N° 2
Maurice Ravel: La valse
13, 16, 18 May 2017
Filarmonica della Scala
Paavo Järvi
Gustav Mahler: Symphony N° 7
8, 9, 12 June 2017
Filarmonica della Scala
Riccardo Chailly
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Johannes Brahms: Concerto in D major
Johannes Brahms: Symphony N° 4
23, 24, 26 June 2017
La Scala Chorus and Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Camilla Tilling, soprano; Gerhild Romberger, mezzosoprano
Peter Sonn, tenor; Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass
SPECIAL CONCERTS
8 ottobre 2016
La Scala Chorus and Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly
Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano; Daniela Barcellona, mezzosoprano
Francesco Meli, tenor; Dmitry Beloselskiy, bass
3 dicembre 2016
Maria João Pires, pianoforte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata N° 4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata N° 13
Franz Schubert: Sonata N° 21
22 dicembre 2016
Christmas Concert
La Scala Chorus and Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonia N° 9
Camilla Tilling, soprano; Michelle Breedt, mezzosoprano
Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor; Michael Volle, bass
20 gennaio 2017
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
Antonín Dvořák: Husitská dramatická ouvertura
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony N° 4
21 gennaio 2017
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
Paul Hindemith: Konzertmusik
Edward Elgar: In the South (Alassio)
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Maurice Ravel)
5 febbraio 2017
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mariss Jansons
Gustav Mahler: Symphony N° 9
25 marzo 2017
La Scala Chorus and Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly
Fabio Sartori, tenor
Johannes Brahms: Akademische Festouverture
Johannes Brahms: Variationen über ein Thema von J. Haydn
Giuseppe Verdi: Stabat Mater, Te Deum from Quattro pezzi sacri
Giuseppe Verdi: Inno delle nazioni
RECITAL SERIES
19 December 2016
Anita Rachvelishvili, mezzosoprano
David Aladashvili, piano
Music by Taktakishvili, Rachmaninov, Fauré, Bellini, Rossini and Tosti
27 February 2017
Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano
Ludmil Angelov, piano
Music by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Puccini and Respighi
20 March 2017
Edita Gruberova, soprano
Peter Valentovic, piano
Music by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Dvořák, Strauss and Mahler
3 April 2017
Francesco Meli, tenor
Pianista to confirm
Music by Liszt and Britten
13 April 2017
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Wolfram Rieger, piano
Music by Mahler, Dvořák and Schumann
5 June 2017
René Pape, bass
Camillo Radicke, piano
Music by Schubert, Schumann and Wolf
1 October 2017
Daniela Barcellona, mezzosoprano
Alessandro Vitiello, piano
Music by Schumann, Brahms, Gounod and Rossini
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