Free streamed opera concert, live from La Scala in Milan

Nicola Luisotti will be on the podium for a free streamed opera concert from La Scala in Milan, on Wednesday 24 March at 8 pm CET, which will be broadcast live via Teatro alla Scala's website, and its Facebook and YouTube pages.

A programme of arias, duets, and intermezzos features two of the top Italian voices of today: Francesco Meli and Maria Agresta.

Meli has been a constant presence in the programming at the opera house over the last decade and returns after participating in the opening of the season concert on 7 December. Agresta hasn't sung in the theatre since the Verdi Requiem conducted by Zubin Mehta in 2015. Luisotti was last at the theatre in February 2020 with Il trovatore, which was the first show not to be staged due to the pandemic.

The concert has music by Giuseppe Verdi, Alfredo Catalani, Giacomo Puccini, Marco Tutino and Umberto Giordano.

Wednesday 24 March 2021 at 8 pm CET
Live-streamed event

Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala

Conductor
Nicola Luisotti

Soprano
Maria Agresta

Tenor
Francesco Meli

Giuseppe Verdi
from La battaglia di Legnano
O magnanima… La pia materna mano…
Francesco Meli

from Otello
Canzone del salice… Ave Maria
Maria Agresta

from Stiffelio
Sinfonia

from Otello
Dio mi potevi scagliar
Francesco Meli

Alfredo Catalani
from La Wally
Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
Maria Agresta

Giuseppe Verdi
from Otello
Già nella notte densa
Maria Agresta, Francesco Meli

Alfredo Catalani
from Loreley
Prelude

Giacomo Puccini
from Manon Lescaut
Tu, tu, amore? Tu?!
Maria Agresta, Francesco Meli

Marco Tutino
from La Ciociara
Intermezzo

Umberto Giordano
from Andrea Chénier
Ecco l'altare
Maria Agresta, Francesco Meli

Gramilano( Editor )

Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano') about dance, opera, music and photography for people “who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like”. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy.

His scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman's Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the ‘Danza in Italia' column for Dancing Times magazine.