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Category: Teatro alla Scala

  • Alexander Pereira Named La Scala General Manager

    Alexander Pereira has been named General Manager of La Scala, starting in 2015. Pereira is currently the Artistic Director of the Salzburg Festival. Biography | Reuters

  • Barenboim named Music Director of La Scala

    Daniel Barenboim has been named Music Director of La Scala, effective December 1, 2011. His contract is for 5 years. Barenboim is already the General Music Director of Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Reuters | Official Site

  • Death in Venice at La Scala

    * Notes * Saturday night's performance of Death in Venice at Teatro alla Scala had a strong visual appeal. Unfortunately, since so many of the sightlines seem rather poor in the house, this aspect may have been lost on the droves of audience members that left at intermission. Jean Kalman's lighting was particularly beautiful, evoking the…

  • Dan Brown at La Scala

    Apparently Dan Brown attended the this season's opening of La Scala, a performance of Carmen, and mentioned that he could imagine the opera house as a setting for his writing. Reuters Article | La Scala

  • La Scala’s 2009-2010 Season

    December 7-23 2009: Carmen January 15- February 5 2010: Rigoletto January 30- February 14 2010: Don Giovanni February 28- March 16 2010: From the House of the Dead March 17- April 2 2010: Tannhäuser April 6-30 2010: Lulu April 16- May 7 2010: Simon Boccanegra May 13-29 2010: Das Rheingold June 18- July 5 2010:…

  • Friedkin Withdraws

    William Friedkin will not direct the opera An Inconvenient Truth. NY Times Article

  • Stéphane Lissner News

    Stéphane Lissner has extended his contract at La Scala through 2013. AP Article | Official Site

  • Upcoming Seasons at SF Opera

    Before I forget, La Fille du Régiment was mentioned as an opera to be performed at San Francisco Opera in the next few years. Also, William Friedkin is to work on a La Scala/San Francisco Opera co-production of Mefistofele. Earlier this year we heard that Peter Grimes, La Fanciulla del West, Il Trovatore, Il Trittico,…

  • William Friedkin News

    William Friedkin will direct An Inconvenient Truth, the opera, which is to open on May 11, 2011 at La Scala. Variety Article

  • La Scala Strike

    The July 7, 9, and 11 performances of La Bohème at La Scala have been canceled. Official Site | New York Times Article | AP Article