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LaScalaTV Goes Free from 1 September
Teatro alla Scala’s streaming platform is dropping its paywall. From 1 September, every title in the LaScalaTV catalogue will be available for free.
Riccardo Muti
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Interview: Rosalind Plowright looks back on her 50-year career
Rosalind Plowright looks back at her 50-year career with Paul Arrowsmith before a run as Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera at Opera Holland Park from 25 July.
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Review: Cecilia Bartoli’s sweet, tormented Love Songs in Rimini
Graham Spicer sees Cecilia Bartoli in concert with ‘Si dolce è ‘l tormento – Canzoni d’amore’, still weaving the Bartoli magic.
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Interview: Annalisa Stroppa on her God-given voice – the joy, responsibility, emotion… and gratitude.
I talked with Annalisa Stroppa, one of the world’s most sought-after mezzosopranos, on conductors and directors, her family, religion and a singer’s life.
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Interview: Cecilia Bartoli – I’m more gifted with vocal cords than with my feet!
Cecilia Bartoli – director of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival and Monte-Carlo Opera – talks about being a manager, singing Orfeo and dancing flamenco.
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Dance impresario Daniele Cipriani to direct the Spoleto Festival
The Italian Minister of Culture has nominated dance impresario Daniele Cipriani to direct the Spoleto Festival from 2026.
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Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili sues the Met over cancelled contracts
Anita Rachvelishvili started experiencing vocal problems during her pregnancy in 2021. The Met cancelled her contracts and she’s suing.
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Roberto De Simone, Italian stage director, playwright, composer and musicologist has died at 91
Roberto De Simone, Italian stage director, playwright, composer and ethnomusicologist, died today in his hometown Naples at the age of 91.
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Giorgio Strehler’s famous production of Falstaff returns to La Scala and will be live streamed
1980’s Falstaff by director Giorgio Strehler and designer Ezio Frigerio, returns to La Scala starring Ambrogio Maestri and conducted by Daniele Gatti.
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La Scala announces its 2024-2025 Opera Season
Full details – cast, creative team, conductor – of the 14 operas in La Scala’s 2024-2025 opera season, which opens with La forza del destino.
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Maurizio Pollini: 1942-2024 – La Scala mourns one of its most important artists
La Scala’s tribute to pianist Maurizio Pollini who has died at 82. From 1958 to his last recital in February 2023, Pollini performed at La Scala 168 times.
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[Interview] Soprano Benedetta Torre – La Scala’s newest Susanna
Interview with soprano Benedetta Torre on the eve of the opening night at La Scala when she will sing Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro.
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Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov on Boris Godunov, his 89th performance at La Scala
Interview with Ildar Abdrazakov who will be Boris Godunov for the opening of Milan’s opera season on 7 December 2022.
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[Interview] Tenor Francesco Meli – 20 years of “not taking anything for granted”
Interview with Francesco Meli as he celebrates his 20th role at La Scala and 20 years since he made his stage debut.
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Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy ruffles La Scala’s feathers
On the day that La Scala opened its doors for its season opener, Macbeth, the Prada Foundation in Milan welcomed Riccardo Muti for a series of masterclasses.
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Prima Verdi – tenor Francesco Meli’s solo recording debut
Francesco Meli is accompanied by the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by Marco Armiliato for Prima Verdi – “a journey through ‘my’ Verdi”.
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Riccardo Muti interview, part two: Pavarotti, communication, politics and music’s meaning
Part 2 of Riccardo Muti’s 80th birthday interview: he talks about Pavarotti and Abbado, his politics, social interaction and the meaning of music.
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Riccardo Muti interview: life, death, and the lack of seriousness
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.”
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Italy mourns the death of opera director Graham Vick at 67
Italy mourns the loss of the opera director Graham Vick who died today at 67 of Covid-related complications.
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Luciana Novaro, Italian ballerina who danced with Massine and Lifar, dies at 98
Luciana Novaro, a hugely important figure in Italian ballet, died on 26 May at 98. She was a principal dancer at La Scala, its director, and a choreographer.
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Sparks fly at La Scala between conductors Muti and Chailly
Riccardo vs Riccardo. At the end of last night’s concert, Muti told his successor to get lost, though with more colourful language.
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Arena Opera Festival in Verona confirms the 2021 summer programme
The Arena Opera Festival has confirmed the dates, operas, and stellar casts as originally scheduled, starting with the return of Riccardo Muti, 41 years after his only appearance on the Arena’s podium. In compliance with the Covid-19 safety measures, Fondazione Arena di Verona will present five new productions that will be less structural and more…
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Free streaming of Così fan tutte with Riccardo Muti from Turin
Tonight, Thursday 11 March at 8pm CET, the Teatro Regio in Turin streams free of charge Riccardo Muti conducting Così fan tutte.
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From the Vienna Phil to the MET management: the world is watching
“The world is watching. 30% of the members of the MET Orchestra can no longer sustain a living in New York with no salary…”
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Dominique Meyer, La Scala’s CEO, on going green and new digitalisation projects
Dominique Meyer, La Scala’s CEO, on going green and new digitalisation projects making the streaming of opera, ballet and concerts simpler.
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Free streaming of a new performance of Così fan tutte from La Scala
On Saturday 23 January, a new performance of Mozart’s Così fan tutte will be streamed from Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
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[Interview] Cecilia Bartoli: Baroque music is for the soul
Cecilia Bartoli talks about Baroque music; Salzburg, Monte Carlo and Rome; supporting young musicians; and opera for children.
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[Interview] Riccardo Muti: a Vienna New Year’s Concert full of meaning
Radetzky’s march? “It will be heard as written, without the out-of-time clapping from some of the audience.” Muti on Vienna without an audience
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La Scala records the last artists for tonight’s opening gala
With Roberto Alagna, Lisette Oropesa and Plácido Domingo, La Scala has concluded its recordings for tonight’s opening gala (5pm CET)
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Mirella Freni’s voice will open La Scala’s gala for its new season
There will not be 24, but now 25 voices in La Scala’s gala to open its 2020-2021 season A riveder le stelle (Seeing the Stars Again). On 7 December, the video introducing the evening will feature the voice of Mirella Freni singing “Io son l’umile ancella” from Adriana Lecouvreur.
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