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
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.
