Five couples, one Giselle: La Scala reopens its season with a TV broadcast
La Scala’s ballet season reopens with ten performances of Giselle from 1 October, five casts, a Rai broadcast and events marking a timeless classic.
Timofej Andrijashenko
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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.
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Review: McGregor / Maillot / Naharin, an eclectic triple bill at La Scala
Graham Spicer sees La Scala’s thrilling contemporary programme: Wayne McGregor’s Chroma, Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Dov’è la luna and Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16.
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Youth America Grand Prix’s 2026 Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow Gala
Ballet stars will join Youth America Grand Prix to celebrate this year’s Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow Gala on Thursday 16 April in New York.
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Review: Ballet Icons Gala 2026 – a star-studded, celebratory evening of ballet
Georgina Butler sees London’s Ballet Icons Gala 2026 – an outstanding international cast of elite dancers from top-tier companies with a UK premiere and two world premieres.
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Final lineup announced for Ballet Icons 20th anniversary gala
The Ballet Icons Gala returns to the London Coliseum on 15 February with its customary lineup of international ballet stars.
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La Scala’s Federico Fresi returns in Sleeping Beauty after a two-year battle with cancer
La Scala Ballet Soloist Federico Fresi returned to dance on the opening night of the ballet season after a two‑year battle with a rare tumour.
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Giorgio Armani at La Scala exhibition opens and the opening of La Scala’s 2025/2026 Ballet Season is dedicated to the designer
La Scala dedicates the opening of its ballet season to Giorgio Armani, and an exhibition of photos titled ‘Giorgio Armani at La Scala’ will be on display.
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The Italian Foundation for Research in Rheumatology (FIRA) creates the Carla Fracci Research Fellowship
Carla Fracci was the testimonial for The Italian Foundation for Research in Rheumatology, a position now held by Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko.
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Review: Gala Fracci 2025 – Marianela Nuñez and Reece Clarke join La Scala Ballet to celebrate Carla Fracci
Graham Spicer sees Gala Fracci, La Scala’s annual festa to celebrate the great Italian ballerina Carla Fracci who died in 2021, now in its fourth edition.
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Review: Alice Marini and Roberto Bolle in a new Carmen in ‘Kratz / Preljocaj / De Bana’, La Scala’s contemporary triple bill
Graham Spicer sees works by Philippe Kratz, Angelin Preljocaj, and Patrick de Bana in an uneven triple bill.
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Review: Ballet Icons Gala 2025 – an outstanding international cast of star dancers
Georgina Butler sees London’s Ballet Icons Gala 2025 – an exceptional evening of ballet with a programme of 16 works, including premieres and a world premiere.
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Ballet Icons Gala 2025 arrives at the London Coliseum in March
On 9 March 2025, the Ballet Icons Gala will fulfil its annual promise of presenting dancers from across the world to the London public.
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Interview: The look of love – chatting with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko – Part 2
Part 2 of the interview with La Scala dancers Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko.
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Interview: The look of love – chatting with Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko – Part 1
An interview with two of the Ballet of La Scala’s most familiar faces, Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko – Part 1.
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Two ballets by Jerome Robbins to be live-streamed from La Scala on 12 November
Jerome Robbins’ ballets Dances at a Gathering and The Concert will be live-streamed from La Scala.
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Review: La Dame aux camélias at La Scala with Martina Arduino and Timofej Andrijashenko
Matthew Paluch sees John Neumeier’s La Dame aux Camélias in Milan – Martina Arduino’s Marguerite has no affectation or mannerisms and feels genuine and human.
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Review: Manon at La Scala – Nicoletta Manni/Reece Clarke; Myriam Ould-Braham/Claudio Coviello
Graham Spicer sees The Royal Ballet’s Reece Clarke and Paris Opera Ballet’s Myriam Ould-Braham join colleagues at La Scala for Manon.
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Reece Clarke and Myriam Ould-Braham are last-minute guests at La Scala
After injuries during La Bayadère at La Scala, the company has had to invite last-minute guests to complete the casting in Manon.
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[Review] La Scala’s Gala Fracci shows a company in spectacular form
Gala Fracci at La Scala has reached its third edition – an annual gala dedicated to the great Italian ballerina Carla Fracci who died in 2021.
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Rudolf Nureyev’s Bayadère returns to La Scala with Kimin Kim guesting
Rudolf Nureyev’s production of La Bayadère returns to La Scala for 10 performances from 26 May to 21 June, with Kimin Kim making a guest appearance.
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La Scala Ballet returns to China – on tour to Hong Kong and Shanghai
La Scala Ballet returns to China with eight performances of two ballets from 15 to 24 March.
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[Review] Alexei Ratmansky’s Coppélia for La Scala Ballet – endlessly inventive with extraordinarily good storytelling
Alexei Ratmansky’s beautifully judged version of Coppélia for La Scala Ballet is traditional but with many delightful surprises [review + 100-photo album]
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Alexei Ratmansky’s new Coppélia opens La Scala’s Ballet Season (in streaming)
A large gallery of photographs from the dress rehearsal of Alexei Ratmansky’s new version of Coppélia for La Scala with Jérôme Kaplan’s set and costume designs.
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LaScalaTv ‘live from Milan’ is now available on subscription
On sale from today are one-month or one-year subscriptions to access the content of the theatre’s streaming platform, LaScalaTv, from 1 January 2024.
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[Review] The second annual Gala Fracci at La Scala
A varied gala at La Scala to celebrate Carla Fracci who died 2 years ago. Roberto Bolle, Alessandra Ferri and other Italian guests joined the company.
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The second edition of the Carla Fracci gala arrives at La Scala
After the resounding success of the Gala Carla Fracci now, two years after her death, comes the second edition of what will be an annual gala in her honour.
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[Review] Le Corsaire at La Scala – if it ain’t broke, why try to fix it?
La Scala replaces Anna-Marie Holmes’s version of Le Corsaire with that of the Milanese company’s director, Manuel Legris.
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[Photo Album] London’s Ballet Icons Gala 2023
Photos by three photographers of the rehearsals and performance of this year’s Ballet Icons Gala at the London Coliseum.
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[Review] Ballet Icons Gala – the starry evening returns to the London Coliseum
The Ballet Icons Gala format returned to London’s Coliseum on 19 February for one night only with the to-be-expected star-dancer billing.
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