Robert Carsen’s spectacular production for La Scala of Don Giovanni created for the opening of the opera season in 2011, started a ten-performance run last night, which ends on 6 June. The … [Read more...] about Photo album and cast of Don Giovanni at La Scala
Milan Expo
Cecilia Bartoli and Antonio Pappano in conversation and concert in Rome
Cecilia Bartoli and Antonio Pappano celebrated Mozart’s 261st birthday with a concert in Rome. Pappano was conducting his orchestra and chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia at the Parco … [Read more...] about Cecilia Bartoli and Antonio Pappano in conversation and concert in Rome
Alexander Pereira’s new season at La Scala is rejected by the Lombardy Region
La Scala’s Chief Executive, Alexander Pereira, saw his proposal for the theatre’s 2016-2017 season rejected yesterday by the Lombardy Region, one of the founding members of the Scala Foundation. … [Read more...] about Alexander Pereira’s new season at La Scala is rejected by the Lombardy Region
Ballet’s biggest names come to Milan for 4 days of dance
Milan is not like London or New York… there’s not a lot of dance going on. The resident company at La Scala will be performing six titles during the coming season. That’s S-I-X. And there will not be … [Read more...] about Ballet’s biggest names come to Milan for 4 days of dance
Talents young and old(er) for La Scala’s Barber of Seville
Lilly Jorstad. Note the name. You’ll be hearing it more and more over the next few years. Lilly Jorstad is Rosina in La Scala’s Il barbiere di Siviglia yet she is just halfway through her course at La … [Read more...] about Talents young and old(er) for La Scala’s Barber of Seville
La Scala gets modern with its new website design
The La Scala website has had a makeover. After pioneering working by the theatre’s media boss, Silvia Farina, in making La Scala one of the most successful theatres in the world on social media, … [Read more...] about La Scala gets modern with its new website design
Milan Expo 2015 – The Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the Palazzo Reale
The Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the Palazzo Reale in Milan – opening last week to coincide with the beginning of the Milan Expo on 1 May – is not to be missed, even if the show misses some … [Read more...] about Milan Expo 2015 – The Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the Palazzo Reale
600% bounses for La Scala’s musicians but Chailly isn’t happy
You may have already read about the refusal of some La Scala workers to perform Turandot on 1 May being that it is the International Workers' Day. However, it is also the opening day of the Milan … [Read more...] about 600% bounses for La Scala’s musicians but Chailly isn’t happy
Unions block La Scala’s opening opera of the Milan Expo season
The Milan Expo opens its doors to the world on 1 May 2015, and the plan was that La Scala too would be open for a Turandot under the baton of Riccardo Chailly However the unions have stated that the … [Read more...] about Unions block La Scala’s opening opera of the Milan Expo season
Carla Fracci’s photo album: opening night at La Scala
One of the most elegant evenings of the Italian cultural calendar wouldn't be complete without one of the Italian artists who symbolises elegance: Carla Fracci. The ballerina, who grew up through the … [Read more...] about Carla Fracci’s photo album: opening night at La Scala
Three Leonardo da Vinci paintings on loan from the Louvre for the Milan Expo 2015
The Louvre in Paris has given the ok for three of its Leonardo da Vinci paintings to travel to Milan for the ambitious exhibition of the painter's works to coincide with the Milan Expo in … [Read more...] about Three Leonardo da Vinci paintings on loan from the Louvre for the Milan Expo 2015
Interview with Elīna Garanča: I will sing Amneris
Elīna Garanča has sung in Verdi's Requiem at La Scala and in recital, but never performed in an opera. There was a planned Don Giovanni which she pulled out of when she became pregnant, and an opera … [Read more...] about Interview with Elīna Garanča: I will sing Amneris
Vittorio Grigolo’s new women’s shoes and a song for Hillary Clinton
Vittorio Grigolo is not normal. While no artist is normal - and some are downright strange - Grigolo is something of an eccentric, both onstage (just look at that marvellous baroque bowing he does) … [Read more...] about Vittorio Grigolo’s new women’s shoes and a song for Hillary Clinton
