La Scala Recital and Concert Season 2016-2017 – full dates and interpreters

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

Zubin Mehta

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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