Riccardo Chailly confirmed as La Scala’s Musical Director until 2025

La Scala‘s Board of Directors met today and accepted the proposal by Intendent and Artistic Director Dominique Meyer to extend Riccardo Chailly‘s engagement as Music Director until 2025.

Chailly, who is currently in rehearsals for Die sieben Todsünden and Mahagonny Songspiel, made his debut at La Scala in 1978 and took over as the theatre’s musical director in 2015.

For interest, below is a chronology of the titles conducted by Chailly at La Scala since 1978.

RICCARDO CHAILLY AT LA SCALA

From 24 January 1978

Giuseppe Verdi
I masnadieri

Maximilian Evghenij Nesterenko
Carlo Ottavio Garaventa
Francesco Matteo Manuguerra
Amalia Adriana Maliponte

Chorus director Romano Gandolfi
Director, set and costume designer Pier Luigi Pizzi

From 10 May 1979

Igor Stravinsky
The Rake’s Progress

Tom Rakewell Philip Langridge
Anna Yasuko Hayashi 
Trulove Ferruccio Mazzoli 
Nick Shadow Claudio Desderi 

Chorusmaster Vittorio Rosetta
Director John Cox
Set and costume designer David Hockney

From 18 December 1979

Giuseppe Verdi
I due Foscari

Francesco Foscari Piero Cappuccilli
Jacopo Foscari Giuliano Ciannella 
Lucrezia Contarini Katia Ricciarelli 
Jacopo Loredano Carlo Del Bosco 

Chorus director Romano Gandolfi
Director, set and costume designer Pier Luigi Pizzi

From 31 March 1981

Modest Mussorgsky
The Fair at Sorochyntsi

Cerevik Vassilij Manolov
Chivrja Larissa Nikitina
Parasja Maria Stefiuk

Chorus director Romano Gandolfi
Director Sylvano Bussotti
Set and costume designer Tono Zancanaro

23 December 1982

Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chénier

Chénier José Carreras 
Gérard Piero Cappuccilli 
Maddalena Di Coigny Anna Tomowa-Sintow 
Bersy Kathleen Kuhlmann 

Chorus director Romano Gandolfi
Director Lamberto Puggelli
Set designer Paolo Bregni
Costume designer Luisa Spinatelli

Resumed on 5 July 1985:
Chénier Nicola Martinucci 
Gerard Renato Salvadori 
Maddalena Di Coigny Stefka Evstatieva 
Bersy Jadranka Jovanovic

From 14 January 1994

Sergej Prokofiev
The Angel of Fire

Renata Galina Gorchakova 
Ruprecht Sergei Leiferkus  
Inquisitor Paata Burchuladze 
Superior Ludmila Semciuk 

Chorus Director Roberto Gabbiani
Director Giancarlo Cobelli
Set and costume designer Paolo Tommasi

From 26 June 1995

Jacques Offenbach
Les Contes d’Hoffmann

Hoffmann Neil Shicoff
Nicklaus Susanne Mentzer
Muse Susanne Mentzer
Olimpia Natalie Dessay
Antonia Cristina Gallardo Domas
Juliet Denyce Graves
Coppelius/Miracle/Dapertutto Samuel Ramey

Chorus Director Roberto Gabbiani
Director Alfredo Arias
Set and costume designer Françoise Tournafond

From 11 January 1996

Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly

Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San) Maria Spacagna
Suzuki Francesca Franci
Pinkerton Johan Botha 
Sharpless Carlos Álvarez 

Chorus Director Roberto Gabbiani
Director Keita Asari
Set designer Ichiro Takada
Costume designer Hanae Mori

From 11 March 1997

Gioachino Rossini
Il turco in Italia

Selim Michele Pertusi
Fiorilla Mariella Devia
Geronio Alfonso Antoniozzi
Narciso Paul-Austin Kelly

Chorus director Roberto Gabbiani
Director Giancarlo Cobelli
Set and costume designer Paolo Tommasi

From 17 June 1999

Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville

Rosina Sonia Ganassi
Figaro Roberto Frontali
Count of Almaviva Juan Diego Flórez
Bartolo Alfonso Antoniozzi
Basilio Giorgio Surjan

Director Alfredo Arias
Chorus Master Roberto Gabbiani
Scenographer Roberto Plate
Costume designer Françoise Tournafond

From 24 January 2006

Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto

Rigoletto Leo Nucci
Duke of Mantua Marcelo Álvarez 
Gilda Andrea Rost
Maddalena Mariana Pentcheva

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Director Gilbert Deflo
Set designer Ezio Frigerio
Costume designer Franca Squarciapino

From 7 December 2006

Giuseppe Verdi
Aida

Aida Violeta Urmana
Amneris Ildiko Komlosi
Radames Roberto Alagna
Amonasro Carlo Guelfi

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Director and set designer Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer Maurizio Millenotti

From 6 March 2008

Giacomo Puccini
Il trittico

Il tabarro
Michele Juan Pons 
Luigi Miro Dvorsky
Giorgetta Paoletta Marrocu 

Suor Angelica
Sister Angelica Barbara Frittoli 
Aunt Princess Marjana Lipovsek 
Zelator Sister Anita Rachvelishvili 

Gianni Schicchi
Gianni Schicchi Leo Nucci 
Lauretta Nino Machaidze 
Rinuccio Vittorio Grigolo 

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Director Luca Ronconi
Set designer Margherita Palli
Costume designer Silvia Aymonino

From 1 May 2015

Giacomo Puccini
Turandot

Turandot Nina Stemme 
Altoum Carlo Bosi
Timur Aleksandr Tsymbalyuk 
Calaf Aleksandrs Antonenko 
Liù Maria Agresta 

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Director Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Choreographer Daniel Dooner
Scenographer Raimund Bauer
Costume designer Andrea Schmidt-Futterer

From 7 December 2015

Giuseppe Verdi
Giovanna d’Arco

Charles VII Francesco Meli 
Joan Anna Netrebko
Giacomo Carlos Álvarez 
Talbot Dmitry Belosselskiy 

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Director Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier
Scenographer Christian Fenouillant
Costume designer Agostino Cavalca

From 3 May 2016

Giacomo Puccini
La fanciulla del West

Minnie Barbara Haveman
Jack Rance Claudio Sgura
Dick Johnson Roberto Aronica
Nick Carlo Bosi

Chorus Master Bruno Casoni
Director Robert Carsen
Scenographer Robert Carsen and Luis Carvalho
Costume designer Petra Reinhardt

From 7 December 2016

Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly

Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San) Maria José Siri
Suzuki Annalisa Stroppa
Pinkerton Bryan Hymel
Sharpless Carlos Álvarez

Chorus Director Bruno Casoni
Director Alvis Hermanis
Set designer Ichiro Takada
Costume designer Kristine Juriāne

From 12 April 2017

Gioachino Rossini
La gazza ladra

Ninetta Rosa Feola
Giannetto Edgardo Rocha
The podestà Michele Pertusi
Don Fernando Alex Esposito

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Director Gabriele Salvatores
Set and costume designer Maurizio Fercioni

From 7 December 2017

Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chénier

Andrea Chénier Yusif Eyvazov
Magdalene of Coigny Anna Netrebko
Carlo Gérard Luca Salsi

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Director Mario Martone
Sets Margherita Palli
Costumes Ursula Patzak

From 3 April 2018

Gaetano Donizetti
Don Pasquale

Don Pasquale Ambrogio Maestri
Norina Rosa Feola
Ernesto René Barbera
Doctor Malatesta Mattia Olivieri

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Director Davide Livermore
Sets Davide Livermore and Giò Forma
Costumes Gianluca Falaschi

From 7 December 2018

Giuseppe Verdi
Attila

Attila Ildar Abdrazakov
Ezio George Petean
Odabella Saioa Hernández
Foresto Fabio Sartori

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Director Davide Livermore
Sets Giò Forma
Costumes Gianluca Falaschi

From 31 March 2019

Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut Maria José Siri
Lescaut Massimo Cavalletti
Des Grieux Marcelo Àlvarez
Geronte di Ravoir Carlo Lepore

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Director David Pountney
Sets Leslie Travers
Costumes Marie-Jeanne Lecca

From 7 December 2019

Giacomo Puccini
Tosca

Floria Tosca Anna Netrekbo
Mario Cavaradossi Francesco Meli
Baron Scarpia Luca Salsi

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Director Davide Livermore
Sets Giò Forma
Costumes Gianluca Falaschi

From 6 October 2020

Giuseppe Verdi
Aida

Aida Saioa Hernández
Radamès Francesco Meli
Amneris Anita Rachvelishvili
The King Roberto Tagliavini
Amonasro Amartuvshin Enkhbat
Ramfis Jongmin Park

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Concert performance

7 December 2020 – broadcast on Rai 1 and Radio 3

Music by Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Giordano, Bizet, Massenet

Serata “… a riveder le stelle”

Chorusmaster Bruno Casoni
Director Davide Livermore
Sets Davide Livermore and Giò Forma
Digital scenography D-WOK
Costumes Gianluca Falaschi

With Ildar Abdrazakov, Roberto Alagna, Carlos Álvarez, Piotr Beczala, Benjamin Bernheim, Eleonora Buratto, Marianne Crebassa, Plácido Domingo, Rosa Feola, Juan Diego Flórez, Elīna Garanča, Vittorio Grigolo, Aleksandra Kurzak, Francesco Meli, Camilla Nylund, Kristine Opolais, Lisette Oropesa, George Petean, Marina Rebeka, Luca Salsi, Andreas Schager, Ludovic Tézier, Sonya Yoncheva.

On 20 February 2021 – broadcast on Rai 5

Richard Strauss
Salome

Salome Elena Stikhina
Jochanaan Wolfgang Koch
Herodes Gerhard Siegel
Herodias Linda Watson

Director Damiano Michieletto
Sets Paolo Fantin
Costumes Carla Teti

Photo: Chailly and Meyer, 15 marzo 2021, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala