After tenor Francesco Meli tested positive for Covid-19 and was substituted yesterday by Jonas Kaufmann, La Scala arranged for the whole Aida cast to be tested. The first of the swab tests was negative for the whole company, but this morning there was a positive result from the second swab. The theatre alerted the health authorities who ordered a period of quarantine for … [Read more...] about Aida suspended as entire La Scala company sent home in quarantine
Riccardo Chailly
Jonas Kaufmann steps in at La Scala as tenor Francesco Meli tests positive for coronavirus
Tenor Francesco Meli has tested positive for coronavirus, though he is asymptomatic. Tonight's last concert performance of Aida at La Scala should have seen Meli as Radamès, instead the role will be sung by Jonas Kaufmann who is in town for a recital at the opera house on Thursday. Riccardo Chailly will conduct the performance which also features Saioa Hernández as Aida and … [Read more...] about Jonas Kaufmann steps in at La Scala as tenor Francesco Meli tests positive for coronavirus
[VIDEO] La Scala’s latest interviews with Roberto Bolle and Juan Diego Flórez
Milan’s La Scala may be closed, but the theatre’s Digital Department is still working hard. Five weeks ago, Dominique Meyer, the theatre’s new intendant, started a series of interviews with artists who work in the theatre. The musical director, Riccardo Chailly, was his first ‘guest’, and since then he has talked to the director Davide Livermore, principal dancers Nicoletta … [Read more...] about [VIDEO] La Scala’s latest interviews with Roberto Bolle and Juan Diego Flórez
Riccardo Chailly on life in the time of the coronavirus
My wife and I have spent our lives travelling and usually we've returned home exhausted by the weight of our bags full of books and music we'd bought. I could only glance at part of this vast library as there was never enough time available. Now we have an unexpected oasis of calm in our family. It gives time to reflect and mature. Maturity is not something that comes … [Read more...] about Riccardo Chailly on life in the time of the coronavirus
La Scala and all Italian theatres closed until 3 April – a tenor tests positive for the coronavirus
The hoped-for reopening of La Scala after the closure of all theatres and cinemas in northern Italy has been setback after a tenor working in the theatre tested positive for the coronavirus. He was last in the theatre on 26 February for a rehearsal of Salome, a production by Damiano Michieletto with Riccardo Chailly conducting that was to have opened on 8 March. Rehearsals were … [Read more...] about La Scala and all Italian theatres closed until 3 April – a tenor tests positive for the coronavirus