Opera and classical concerts in milan and around classical events, always updated. Fall asleep under frescoes in highceilinged rooms, dine on authentic italian dishes on the airy veranda and recover from a day of shopping and sightseeing with a massage in our sleek, modern spa. Contacts teatro alla scala academy filarmonica della scala scalashop legal notice credits 20192020 season opera ballet. Director robert carsen discusses his new production of verdis falstaff which screens in australian cinemas nationally from january 18, 2014 as part of the met opera. Warner dextrously balances the opera comiquestyle episodes with the more. Teatro alla scala season 201415 opening getty images. It was inaugurated on 3 august 1778, under the auspices of the empress maria theresa of austria, replacing the royal ducal theatre. After riccardo chailly opens the season with tosca, continuing the cycle of works by puccini, he will conduct his first strauss opera, as well as the complete beethoven symphonies. Milan opera house tears up alexander pereiras original contract and replaces it with shorter one following controversy lizzy davies in rome fri. Here you can find the full program of the opera season 20162017.
His most recent work there is no why here was premiered at the opera house in bologna, italy in april 2014. New opera season 201415 next press conferences after milan, seul, paris, berlin download the opera season 20142015 programme download the 20142015 season press release download the new years concert 2015 press release download here the press kit of the paris conference french language. Tickets and prices official ticket office how to book. Top events programme, schedule for teatro alla scala opera theatre in milan, italy. Pietro mascagni, artistic director for the teatros 190910 season, was at the same time an assiduous operagoer. Handels semele will also receive its first staged performance at the theatre. Since then ive performed all over the world, and i knew that at some point, the met and i. Buy etickets simply online or by phone for all shows at the opera theater in milan. Choose your classical concert or your opera in milan and lombardy, and book your tickets with. A 15thcentury convent turned sophisticated garden retreat, four seasons hotel milano is a haven in the centre of milans fashion district. Milans opera house teatro alla scala pays tribute to.
Programme, schedule for teatro alla scala opera theatre in milan, italy. He is the winner of the prestigious wigmore hallkohn foundation international song competition in london in 2015. Tosca set in the eternal city of rome, puccinis opera in three acts tells the story of an idealistic artist and his paramour who. Milan siljanov is currently in the ensemble of the bavarian state opera in munich. After the fire at the ducal theatre in 1776, a new theatre was built on the site of santa maria della scala from the name beatrice della scala, wife of duke bernabo visconti. Andrew graham dickson art historian and giorgio locatelli italian chef present a travelogue of lombardy and milan. Milan also won the 2014 dubai challenge cup on 30 december following a 42 win over real madrid, the 2014 uefa champions league champions. Welcome to the website of the teatro alla scala in milan, where you can book tickets online, view the season programme opera, ballet, concert and discover the theatre through videos and images. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Fidelio teatro alla scala 2014 production milano, italy opera.
Add a musical highlight to your italian holiday with an opera performance. Milans mayor pisapia and the theaters boardadministration are fuming. Stephane lissner, will leave milan to head the paris opera on sept. As director of the zurich opera house from 1991 to 2012 and during a short tenure at the salzburg festival from 2011 to 2014, he placed an emphasis on new productions. So whether you are an opera buff or are planning a trip to italys second largest city, heres all you need to know about enjoying opera in milan. Milan, capital of italian business, often has the reputation as a staid and serious city, but peel back the layers and you will find more to this northern italian city than just meets the eye. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 august 1778 and was originally known as the nuovo regio ducale teatro alla scala new royalducal theatre alla scala. The complete opera dates and casting for the 2014 2015 season at teatro alla scala, milan, including the programme for expo 2015. Concerts are organized in magical scenaries like auditorium or academies of music, a special setting for operas and classical concerts. But what audiences heard and saw at the met in 2014 was a new, concentrated interpretation, free of the musical excrescences and kitschy. Writer, director and photographer in milan, blogging under the name gramilano about dance, opera, music and photography for people who are a bit like me and like some of the things i like. University opera theatre and university symphony orchestra present francis poulencs les dialogues des carmelites.
The former director of the zurich opera house and the salzburg festival saw his milan mandate tarnished in march by a controversy. Opera fans and theater lovers, this is the perfect milan activity for you and an experience youll never forget. The italy of opera culture and entertainment travel ideas. Officially opened in december 2011, it closed for a few months to complete the work and reopened in may 2014, at the same time as the inauguration of the new square in front of the theater. Teatro alla scala a milano opera house milano, italy. Met opera season 20142015 john varoli, may 16, 2015 november 8, 2016, opera houses, metropolitan opera, new york met opera, 0.
I was a regular columnist for opera now magazine and wrote for the bbc until transferring to italy. The season will also mark the 40th anniversary of riccardo chaillys collaboration with the theatre, and the 95th birthday of franco zeffirelli. The two go together like wine and cheese, romeo and juliet or anthony and cleopatra. Hear favorite arias in beautiful and historic churches, theaters, and palazzos. April 22 the royal concertgebouw orchestra announces that mariss jansons is to conclude his chief conductorship of the orchestra after the 20142015 season. The best 3 venues to experience the opera in milan. This is a large, 3,000seat italianstyle theatre, with an orchestra of boxes whose occupants are also the owners who invest their money in the performances presented there. During the 2014 2015 season, he directed his first productions for the paris opera il barbiere di siviglia. City opera mounted it in 1969 and 1994, and the visiting mariinsky theatre brought a very traditional production to the met stage in 1998. Luxury hotel milan 5star downtown hotel four seasons. The capitals main opera stage is in its teatro dellopera, also known as teatro costanzi, from the name of its founder, domenico costanzi. In 2014, she was awarded italys franco abbiati music critics prize.
Valeria marini attends the teatro alla scala 201415 season opening on december 7, 2014 in milan, italy. The first opera of the 201415 season will be barenboims swan song at. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 august 1778 and was originally known as the new royalducal. Operatic tenor ben heppner announces his retirement from opera and concert performance, but continues as a broadcaster. The metropolitan opera season that vanished the new york.