Milan’s mayor has launched a €120 million project that will bring all of La Scala’s laboratories and warehouses together on one site.
Genoa’s Teatro Carlo Felice opened its season with Sull’essere angeli by choreographer Virgilio Sieni and an augmented reality production of Pagliacci.
From today, 11 October, Italian theatres return to 100% capacity after months of struggling with an income from 50% houses.
Baritone Sebastian Catana talks about his summer at Verona’s Arena, his debut in Pagliacci, singing in Genoa’s opera house, and on never screaming.
A countertenor who studied at Milan’s conservatoire is accused of killing his girlfriend’s mother.
Cecilia Bartoli’s new album, Unreleased, with the Kammerorchester Basel under Muhai Tang features dramatic concert arias from the classical period.
The Royal Opera House has announced that six productions from its 2021-2022 season will be available via online streaming.
On 8 September 1971, the inauguration audience for the John F. Kennedy Center experienced the world premiere of Bernstein’s MASS.
Royal Opera House ballet and opera Cinema Season 2021-2022 will stream six productions to cinemas worldwide after an enforced 16-month hiatus.
At 75, soprano Katia Ricciarelli will be one of the contestants in the new series of Italy’s Grande fratello VIP – Celebrity Big Brother
Juan Diego Flórez sprang to fame 25 years ago at Pesaro’s Rossini Opera Festival. He talks about his long relationship with the composer.
30,000 tickets for Royal Opera House performances Monday to Thursday, offered at £25 for anyone aged 16 to 25
Part 2 of Riccardo Muti’s 80th birthday interview: he talks about Pavarotti and Abbado, his politics, social interaction and the meaning of music.
Riccardo Muti interview: on his 80th birthday the conductor opening up: “I’m tired of life, because this is a world that I no longer know.”
The festivals of music and dance in Italy are back. Last year most were saved in extremis, but this year there was time for more creative solutions.
Marquee TV, for the second year running, is offering 30 short works on its streaming platform for free during August. Opera, dance, theatre, and music are featured in its Summer Shorts Festival.
The Royal Opera House has announced the return of its cinema programme to more than 2,000 screens worldwide after sixteen months of closure.
Italy mourns the loss of the opera director Graham Vick who died today at 67 of Covid-related complications.
More than 30 concerts from the 2021 Verbier Festival will be broadcast live and available on replay on medici.tv
Jonas Kaufmann talks about making his debut in Verona’s Arena at the age of 51, his new album Freudvoll und leidvoll, and his love of Italy since childhood.
Swan Lake: Vladimir Jurowski’s online concert with the LPO, cut and pasting through the ages, and Tchaikovsky’s adored violinist Iosif Kotek.
The Royal Opera House announces its 2021/22 Season, the first full Season since 2019, opening on Monday 13 September.
La Scala 2021-2022 Opera Season will present 13 opera productions, nine are new productions. Plus recycling, women’s equality and lower prices.
Trovatore inaugurates Rome’s summer season followed by Madama Butterfly and La bohème, and dance features Swan Lake and Roberto Bolle.
The Paris Opéra has announced its 2021-2022 season with 23 operas, 12 ballets of which 14 are new productions: 9 operas and 5 ballets. This adds up to 385 curtain-ups during the season.
Programming from 17 May: a concert by Daniel Harding, a recital by Marianne Crebassa, an evening of dance, a recital by Maurizio Pollini, and two operas.
Festival della Valle d’Itria: for the 47th edition the great voices of opera in Martina Franca from July 17 to August 5. Festival music director Fabio Luisi will be on the podium for the opening ceremony.
Riccardo vs Riccardo. At the end of last night’s concert, Muti told his successor to get lost, though with more colourful language.
Yesterday La Scala reopened its doors to the public with a concert, available from today: the 75th anniversary of Toscanini’s reopening concert.
Giorgio Armani becomes a corporate patron of Teatro alla Scala and the foundation stone has been laid for the theatre’s extension.
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