Myung-Whun Chung to be new Music Director at La Scala
Myung-Whun Chung will be the successor of Riccardo Chailly as Music Director of Teatro alla Scala.
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Elisabetta Riva becomes new CEO of Bologna’s opera house
Elisabetta Riva will be the new Superintendent of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, with effect from 23 April 2025.
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Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili sues the Met over cancelled contracts
Anita Rachvelishvili started experiencing vocal problems during her pregnancy in 2021. The Met cancelled her contracts and she’s suing.
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Eleonora Buratto’s first solo album “Indomita” reflects the singer and her heroines
Eleonora Buratto’s first solo album, Indomita, has been released featuring a selection of works by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi.
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Roberto De Simone, Italian stage director, playwright, composer and musicologist has died at 91
Roberto De Simone, Italian stage director, playwright, composer and ethnomusicologist, died today in his hometown Naples at the age of 91.
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The Royal Opera 2025/26 Season
The Royal Opera 2025/26 Season with its new musical director, Jakub Hrůša, and 8 new productions.
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Winners of the 44th edition of the Franco Abbiati Music Critics’ Prize
Winners of Italy’s 44th edition of the Franco Abbiati Music Critics’ Prize have been announced.
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Interview: Dominique Meyer, La Scala’s number one fan and CEO, says addio
La Scala’s retiring CEO, Dominique Meyer, is ready to leave after a five-year tenure in Milan.
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Countertenor Franco Fagioli’s new album – The Last Castrato, Arias for Velluti
Countertenor Franco Fagioli’s new album – The Last Castrato, Arias for Velluti – will be released on 28 February.
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Giorgio Strehler’s famous production of Falstaff returns to La Scala and will be live streamed
1980’s Falstaff by director Giorgio Strehler and designer Ezio Frigerio, returns to La Scala starring Ambrogio Maestri and conducted by Daniele Gatti.
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Celebrated organist Gail Archer announces 2025 Ukrainian Relief Tour
American organist, music director, choral conductor and academic, Gail Archer, will tour a Concert for Ukrainian Relief from February until May 2025.
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In Memoriam 2024: artists who died this year… Singers, Dancers, Actors, Writers, Directors
In memoriam 2024: a personal list remembering some of the artists who died in 2024.
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Interview: Tenor Luciano Ganci on La forza del destino at La Scala
Luciano Ganci talks about playing Don Alvaro in La forza del destino at La Scala as he ends his run of five performances.
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Interview: Jakub Józef Orliński – freedom of movement
An interview with countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński – not about his singing for an opera magazine, but about his dancing for Dancing Times.
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Striking musicians cancel Netrebko and Kaufmann’s Puccini anniversary concert at La Scala
The concert to mark the centenary of Puccini’s death at La Scala was cancelled at the last minute because of strike action.
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Interview: meeting soprano Marigona Qerkezi who helps celebrate the centenary of the death Puccini tonight
Marigona Qerkezi, the soprano from Kosovo, talks about her career and life so far, and celebrating Puccini’s 100th Anniversary.
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Review: The Les Misérables World Tour arrives in Milan – a semi-staging of epic proportions
Graham Spicer sees Les Misérables in Milan during Cameron Mackintosh’s world tour of the 40-year-old musical – a luxury cast in an emotionally engaging performance
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The Chinese music box that inspired Puccini’s Turandot has been found
The Chinese music box that inspired some of Puccini’s score for his last, unfinished opera, Turandot, has been tracked down in Turin.
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The Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille to be closed for renovation
The Palais Garnier, home of the Paris Opera and Paris Opera Ballet, will close from mid-2027 for a two-year renovation.
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Interview: Weston Hurt – the baritone with a limb difference – makes his debut with English National Opera as Rigoletto
Graham Spicer talks with baritone Weston Hurt about his disability and using it to his advantage on the opera stage.
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Interview: Italian countertenor Raffaele Pe returns to the Wigmore Hall with Vivaldi – making magic
Interview with Italian countertenor Raffaele Pe: “The main reason for making music is so that it can move people as much as it moves me.”
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The multimedia exhibition ‘Puccini – Opera Meets New Media’ arrives at La Scala for the Puccini centenary
The multimedia exhibition Puccini – Opera Meets New Media, recounts the disruptive impact that recorded music and film had on the entertainment industry, culture and society.
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Books: Amici della Scala celebrates Italy’s theatre designers – Luciano Damiani, Anna Anni, Gabriella Pescucci, Franca Squarciapino, Luisa Spinatelli
Amici della Scala has published an annual collection of books on La Scala’s designers for more than 20 years. The new collection features Luciano Damiani and others.
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Juan Diego Flórez releases first album on Florez Records: “Zarzuela”
Juan Diego Flórez releases the first album on his new label. ‘Zarzuela’ sees the Peruvian tenor returning to the music through which he approached opera.
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Singer, musician and dancer Caterina Valente has died at the age of 93
Singer, musician and dancer Caterina Valente has died at the age of 93. The family announced her death today, though she died on 9 September.
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Interview: Jennie Muskett – the Emmy-winning film composer seeking a new career writing music for dance
Interview with Jennie Muskett the Emmy-winning film composer seeking a new career writing music for dance – “I see myself as a storyteller in music.”
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La Scala revamps its opera subtitles with 8-language interactive tablets
When La Scala reopens its doors tomorrow after the summer closure the audience will find 8-language interactive tablets fitted in front of their seat.
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The Bolshoi Theatre has more than doubled its ticket prices
The Bolshoi Theatre’s newly raised ticket prices are causing some anger among its regular patrons.
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Rossini Opera Festival announces 2025 programme after this year’s opening performance
After last night’s opening opera at the Rossini Opera Festival, the programme for ROF 2025 festival was announced.
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Royal Opera House receives £10m of £100million from the Julia Rausing Trust
Launched today, the Julia Rausing Trust will give £100m in its first year in memory of philanthropist Julia Rausing who died in April at the age of 63.
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