An unpublished ‘Dixit’ by Donizetti has been discovered in the library of a seminary in Bergamo
An unpublished work by the young Gaetano Donizetti, consisting of four pages, sets to music the text of Psalm 110, Dixit Dominus.
An unpublished work by the young Gaetano Donizetti, consisting of four pages, sets to music the text of Psalm 110, Dixit Dominus.
Graham Watts sees La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) in Kazakhstan – a performance of unbridled joy.
La Scala’s Opera Season 2025-2026 opens with Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and Turandot to celebrate the centenary of the premiere La Scala.
OPERA SEASON 2018 – 2019 La Scala announced its 2018-2019 Opera season today with 15 titles, nine of which are new productions, and two are La Scala premieres. At the heart of the season remains the Italian repertoire, continuing with the cycle of works of Verdi, Puccini, Verismo (which will return in 2020 with Giordano’s…
A pleasing new season at La Scala seems to tick all the right boxes, with half the programming dedicated to the Italian repertoire, some rarities, important international operas and a world premiere. The season will also mark the 40th Anniversary of Riccardo Chailly’s collaboration with the theatre, and the 95th birthday of Franco Zeffirelli. The…
On Anna Bolena “It’s like nothing I’ve ever done before! You’re practically shouting in the lower register for half the opera. [Donizetti] wants that nasty, chesty voice — he wants it to sound uncomfortable!” “It’s asking so much of the nerves, the body, the emotion. There’s so much hatred! I never thought I could be…
Daily Express critic William Hartston feared the worst as the theatre lights dimmed: WHEN a cinema screen lowered over the stage at the Coliseum at the start of this new production of Donizetti‘s rarely performed opera about wicked 15th century Italians, I thought, “Here we go again”. The ENO has a rather dodgy recent history…
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