OPERA SEASON 2018 – 2019

La Scala announced its 2018-2019 Opera season today with 15 titles, nine of which are new productions, and two are La Scala premieres.

At the heart of the season remains the Italian repertoire, continuing with the cycle of works of Verdi, Puccini, Verismo (which will return in 2020 with Giordano's Fedora and Montemezzi's L'amore dei tre re), and the Belcanto.

Verdi's Attila opens the 2018-2019 season with Riccardo Chailly conducting a new production by Davide Livermore, which is the second title of a triptych on his early operas which began with Giovanna d'Arco and will finish with Macbeth. The opening performance on 7 December will be broadcast live on Italy's main TV channel, RAI1. The eponymous title role will be played by Ildar Abdrazakov, and the exciting new talent Saioa Hernández is Odabella.

 

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4 December 2018 Young People's Preview

7, 11, 14, 18, 21 December 2018; 2, 5, 8 January 2019

Giuseppe Verdi

ATTILA

Conductor Riccardo Chailly

Director Davide Livermore

Sets Giò Forma and Davide Livermore

Costumes Gianluca Falaschi

Lighting Antonio Castro

 

Cast

Attila Ildar Abdrazakov, Odabella Saioa Hernández, Ezio Simone Piazzola,

Foresto Fabio Sartori, Uldino Francesco Pittari, Leone Gianluca Buratto

 

Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala

New production Teatro alla Scala

 

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11, 13, 16, 19, 22, 27 January; 2, 5, 8 February; 12, 14, 17 March 2019

Giuseppe Verdi

LA TRAVIATA

Conductor Myung-Whun Chung

Director Liliana Cavani

Sets Dante Ferretti

Costumes Gabriella Pescucci

Choreography Micha Van Hoecke

Lighting Marco Filibeck

 

Cast

Violetta Marina Rebeka / Sonya Yoncheva,

Alfredo Germont Francesco Meli / Benjamin Bernheim,

Giorgio Germont Leo Nucci / Plácido Domingo,

Flora Chiara Isotton, Gastone Riccardo Dalla Sciucca,

Barone Douphol Costantino Finucci, Marchese Riccardo Fassi, Dr Grenvil Alessandro Spina

 

Chorus, Corps de Ballet and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala

Teatro alla Scala production

 

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10, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26 February; 23, 27, 30 March; 2, 5 April 2019

Gioachino Rossini

LA CENERENTOLA

Conductor Ottavio Dantone

Director, Sets and Costumes Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Restaging Director Grischa Asagaroff

 

Cast

Angelina Marianne Crebassa, Don Ramiro Maxim Mironov, Don Magnifico Carlos Chausson, Dandini Nicola Alaimo / Mattia Olivieri, Alidoro Erwin Schrott / Alessandro Spina

 

Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala

Teatro alla Scala production

 

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27 February; 3, 6, 13, 19, 24, 29 March 2019

Modest Petrovič Musorgskij

CHOVANŠČINA

Conductor Valery Gergiev

Director Mario Martone

Sets Margherita Palli

Costumes Ursula Patzak

Lighting Pasquale Mari

 

Cast

Ivan Chovanskij Mikhail Petrenko, Marfa Ekaterina Semenchuk,

Andrej Chovanskij Sergei Skorokhodov, Emma Evgenia Muraveva,

Vasilij Golicyn Evgeny Akimov, Fëdor Šaklovityj Alexey Markov,

Dosifej Stanislav Trofimov, Uno scrivano Maxim Paster

 

Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala

New production Teatro alla Scala

 

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31 March; 3, 6, 9, 13, 16, 19, 24, 27 April 2019

Giacomo Puccini

MANON LESCAUT

Conductor Riccardo Chailly

Director David Pountney

Sets Leslie Travers

Costumes Marie-Jeanne Lecca

Choreography Denni Sayers

Lighting Fabrice Kebour

 

Cast

Manon Maria José Siri, Des Grieux Marcelo Álvarez, Lescaut Massimo Cavalletti,

Geronte Carlo Lepore, Edmondo Alessandro Scotto Di Luzio,

Il maestro di ballo Manuel Pierattelli, Lampionaio Francesco Pittari

 

Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala

New production Teatro alla Scala

 

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23, 26, 28, 30 April; 2, 5 May; 19, 22 June 2019

Richard Strauss

ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

Conductor Franz Welser-Möst

Director Frederic Wake-Walker

Sets and Costumes Jamie Vartan

 

Cast

Ariadne Krassimira Stoyanova / Tamara Wilson, Zerbinetta Sabine Devieilhe / Brenda Rae,

Der Komponist Daniela Sindram, Najade Eva Liebau, Dryade Anna-Doris Capitelli,

Echo Regula Mühlemann, Bacchus Michael Koenig, Ein Musiklehrer Markus Werba,

Harlekin Thomas Tatzl / Gabriel Bermudez, Brighella Pavel Kolgatin,

Scaramuccio Kresimir Spicer, Truffaldin Tobias Kehrer,

Der Haushofmeister Alexander Pereira

 

Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

New production Teatro alla Scala

 

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16, 19, 22, 25, 29 May; 1, 3, 5 June 2019

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

IDOMENEO

Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi

Director Matthias Hartmann

Sets Volker Hintermeier

 

Cast

Idomeneo Bernard Richter, Elektra Federica Lombardi, Idamante Michèle Losier,

Ilia Julia Kleiter, Gran Sacerdote Kresimir Spicer

 

Coro, Corpo di Ballo e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

New production Teatro alla Scala

 

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28, 31 May; 4, 7, 11, 14, 17 June 2019

Eric Wolfgang Korngold

DIE TOTE STADT

Teatro alla Scala premiere

 

Conductor Alan Gilbert

Director Graham Vick

Sets and Costumes Stuart Nunn

Lighting Giuseppe Di Iorio

 

Cast

Paul Klaus Florian Vogt, Marietta Asmik Grigorian,

Frank/Fritz Markus Werba, Brigitta Kismara Pessatti

 

Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala

New production Teatro alla Scala

 

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18, 21, 24, 28 June; 1, 4, 7 July 2019

Giuseppe Verdi

I MASNADIERI

Conductor Michele Mariotti

Director David McVicar

Sets Charles Edwards

Costumes Brigitte Reiffenstuel

Movimenti coreografici Jo Meredith

Lighting Adam Silverman

 

Cast

Massimiliano Michele Pertusi, Carlo Fabio Sartori, Francesco Massimo Cavalletti,

Amalia to confirm, Moser Alessandro Spina

 

Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala

New production Teatro alla Scala

 

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6, 8, 10, 15, 17, 19 July 2019

Academy Project

Antonio Salieri

PRIMA LA MUSICA POI LE PAROLE

Conductor Ádám Fischer

Director Nicola Raab

 

Cast

Il compositore Ambrogio Maestri

With soloists from the Teatro alla Scala Academy

 

New production Teatro alla Scala

 

Giacomo Puccini

GIANNI SCHICCHI

Conductor Ádám Fischer

Director Woody Allen

Assistant to Woody Allen, Kathleen Smith Belcher

Sets and Costumes Santo Loquasto

Lighting York Kennedy

 

Cast

Gianni Schicchi Ambrogio Maestri

With soloists from the Teatro alla Scala Academy

Produzione Los Angeles Opera

Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala

 

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2, 5, 7, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 22 September 2019

Academy Project

Giuseppe Verdi

RIGOLETTO

Conductor Nello Santi

Director Gilbert Deflo

Sets Ezio Frigerio

Costumes Franca Squarciapino

Movement Gildo Cassani

Lighting Marco Filibeck

 

Cast

Rigoletto Leo Nucci

With soloists from the Teatro alla Scala Academy

 

Chorus, students from the La Scala Ballet School and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala Academy

Teatro alla Scala production

 

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10, 14, 21, 23, 25, 27 September; 1, 4, 7, 10 October 2019

Gaetano Donizetti

L'ELISIR D'AMORE

Conductor Michele Gamba

Director Grischa Asagaroff

Sets and Costumes Tullio Pericoli

 

Cast

Adina Rosa Feola, Nemorino René Barbera / Vittorio Grigolo,

Dulcamara Ambrogio Maestri, Belcore Massimo Cavalletti,

Accompagnatore di Dulcamara Stefano Guizzi

 

Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala

Teatro alla Scala production

 

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2 October 2019 Young People's Preview

5, 11, 14, 17, 19, 22 October 2019

Luca Francesconi

QUARTETT

Conductor Maxime Pascal

Director Alex Ollé – La Fura dels Baus

Sets Lluc Castells

Costumes Alfons Flores

Lighting Alex Ollé e Marco Filibeck

Video Franc Aleu

 

Cast

Marquise de Merteuil Allison Cook, Vicomte de Valmont Robin Adams

 

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Teatro alla Scala production

 

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18, 21, 25, 28, 31 October; 5, 7 November 2019

Georg Friedrich Händel

GIULIO CESARE

Conductor Giovanni Antonini

Director Robert Carsen

Sets and Costumes Gideon Davey

Choreography Rebecca Howell

Lighting Peter van Praet and Robert Carsen

Drammaturgo Ian Burton

 

Cast

Giulio Cesare Bejun Mehta, Cleopatra Cecilia Bartoli, Cornelia Sara Mingardo,

Sesto Pompeo Philippe Jaroussky, Tolomeo Christophe Dumaux, Achilla Christian Senn

 

Teatro alla Scala Orchestra on period instruments

New production Teatro alla Scala

 

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9, 12, 15, 20, 23, 26, 29 November 2019

Richard Strauss

DIE ÄGYPTISCHE HELENA

Teatro alla Scala premiere

 

Conductor Franz Welser-Möst

Director Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Sets Julian Crouch

Costumes Mark Bouman

 

Cast

Helena Ricarda Merbeth, Menelas Andreas Schager, Aithra Eva Mei,

Altair Thomas Hampson, Da-Ud Attilio Glaser

 

Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala

New production Teatro alla Scala

RECITAL SEASON 2018-2019

 

 14 January 2019

Baritone

Christian Gerhaher

Pianoforte

Gerold Huber

Schubert Winterreise

  

27 January 2019

Mezzosoprano

Marianne Crebassa

Pianoforte

Fazil Say

Ravel, Debussy, Fauré, Satie, Duparc, Say

 

24 February 2019

Tenor

Fabio Sartori

 Pianoforte

Mzia Bachtouridze

Rossini, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Tosti

 

4 March 2019

Baritone

Luca Salsi

Pianoforte

Beatrice Benzi

Salieri, Beethoven, Donizetti, Liszt, Respighi, Verdi

 

17 March 2019

Soprano

Krassimira Stoyanova

Pianoforte

Ludmil Angelov

Verdi, Puccini, Catalani, Cilea, Mascagni, Tchaikovsky, Hadjiev

   

20 May 2019

Soprano

Jessica Pratt

Pianoforte

Vincenzo Scalera

Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Arditi, Strauss

 

16 June 2019

Bass

Günther Groissböck

Pianoforte

Gerold Huber

Brahms, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov