La Scala Concert Season 2017 – 2018
Opera and Recital Season 2017 – 2018
Ballet Season 2017 – 2018
Symphonic
14, 16, 19 October 2017
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
Daniele Gatti
Miah Persson, soprano; Christianne Stotijn, contralto
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection Symphony”
10, 12, 15 November 2017
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Chailly
Maria José Siri, soprano; Veronica Simeoni, mezzosoprano; Giorgio Berrugi, tenor; Simone Piazzola, baritone; Riccardo Zanellato, bass
Antonio Buzzolla, Antonio Bazzini, Carlo Pedrotti, Antonio Cagnoni, Federico Ricci, Alessandro Nini, Raimondo Boucheron, Carlo Coccia, Gaetano Gaspari, Pietro Platania, Lauro Rossi, Teodulo Mabellini, Giuseppe Verdi:
Messa per Rossini
The Messa per Rossini is a Requiem Mass composed to commemorate the first anniversary of Gioachino Rossini’s death. It was a collaboration among 13 Italian composers, initiated by Giuseppe Verdi. The composition was intended to be performed on 13 November 1869 in the Basilica of San Petronio, Bologna, where Rossini grew up and spent a large part of his life. It was cancelled because of various bickering and the manuscript forgotten until discovered by American musicologist David Rosen in 1970. This is its first performance in Italy by an Italian orchestra and chorus.
20, 22, 23 November 2017
La Scala Philharmonic
Christoph Eschenbach
Tzimon Barto, pianoforte
Antonin Dvořák; Carnival Overture
George Gershwin: Concerto in F
Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No 9, “From The New World”
8, 11, 12 January 2018
La Scala Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta
Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano
Johann Strauss (sr and jr): Waltzes, Polkas and Marches
23, 25, 27 February 2018
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Chailly
Gerhild Romberger, contralto
La Scala Academy’s Children’s Choir
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No 3
7, 8, 9 March 2018
La Scala Philharmonic
Franz Welser-Möst
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No 5
30 aprile, 3, 5 May 2018
La Scala Philharmonic
Christoph von Dohnányi
Solist to confirm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No 27
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No 3
22, 23, 24 June 2018
La Scala Philharmonic
Herbert Blomstedt
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No 9
Special Concerts
11 September 2017
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Christian Thielemann
Rudolf Buchbinder, pianoforte
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No 1
21, 23 dicembre 2017
Christmas Concert
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
Giovanni Antonini
Brenda Rae, soprano*, Roberta Invernizzi, soprano,
Francesco Demuro, tenore, Michele Pertusi, basso
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Overture from Lucio Silla
Exsultate, jubilate*
Mass in C minor
26 February 2018
Maurizio Pollini, pianoforte
28 September 2018
Jonas Kaufmann, tenore
Helmut Deutsch, pianoforte
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.
