CD review: Diana Damrau in Meyerbeer’s Grand Operas – a diva in her prime
Meyerbeer: GRAND OPERA with Diana Damrau Diana Damrau, Meyerbeer: Grand Opera This glorious new album finds Diana Damrau in sparkling, top-notch…
Traviata opens tonight at La Scala… here’s a sneak peek
The staging of La traviata is the lavish Liliana Cavani production with sets by Dante Ferretti with which Verdi’s masterpiece returned to La Scala in…
Anita Rachvelishvili and David Aladashvili cast magic at La Scala
Anita Rachvelishvili and David Aladashvili at La Scala, 2016 It’s not often that the accompanist for a recital is mentioned in…
Maria Callas to Daniela Dessì: study to be good, not famous
Daniela Dessi in Chi magazine The popular Italian gossip magazine Chi has published a series of articles about soprano Daniela Dessì….
In conversation with Luca Pisaroni: back to Milan with his La Scala debut
Luca Pisaroni – photo by Catherine Pisaroni Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni will make his house debut at La Scala in 2017…
Daniela Dessi dies after a short illness, at 59
Italian soprano Daniela Dessi has died after a short battle with cancer of the colon. She was just 59. She possessed one of the most beautiful…
Young mezzo Lilly Jørstad wins important grant from her ‘homeland’
Lilly Jørstad — the mezzo-soprano who was strangely considered ‘unsuitable’ to continue her studies at the La Scala Academy — has gone on to demonstrate what a bizarre…
Pavarotti’s family tells Trump to stop using Nessun Dorma
Luciano Pavarotti’s three daughters Lorenza, Cristina and Giuliana, together with his widow, Nicoletta Mantovani, have requested that the Trump campaign stops using the Maestro’s voice….
La Scala Recital and Concert Season 2016-2017 – full dates and interpreters
The concert programme includes some of the greatest living conductors. Riccardo Chailly will be on the podium for two evenings of the Symphony Season, Verdi’s…
La Scala Opera Season 2016-2017 – full dates and casts
Ballet Season 2016-2017 Recital and Concert Season 2016-2017 Teatro alla Scala in Milan – photo by Gramilano The new season opens…
