La Scala, the heart and soul of Milan
La Scala, the heart and soul of Milan
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As the world's most venerated opera house, known to Italians as Il Teatro alla Scala, prepares for the opening night of the season, members of the community surrounding the 18th-century theatre explain its historical, cultural and social importance for the people of Milan, and the international opera community.
La Scala Opera House and its square - a short video guide
La Scala Opera House is one of the most celebrated in the world. Discover how La Scala and its square are more than just a theatre for the Milanese.
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You are now in the La Scala square, the most celebrated square of Milan together with the Duomo square. I like to point out how this square summarizes all the aspects which make Milan a city of capital importance: culture, finance, trade, political power and fashion. Let's start with La Scala Opera House. Built in 1778, it's arguably the most important and celebrated Opera House in the world. Sometimes tourists are a bit puzzled by the fact that its facade is somewhat unimpressive. I agree, the facade is a bit understating, but its interiors are amazing, a treasure chest of gilded decorations. And you can see them without having to fight for an opera ticket! Simply head for the La Scala Museum, on the left hand side of the Opera House, and if they are not setting up a show you will get the chance to have a look at the Theatre's magnificent interior.
On the left side of the square you can see the former headquarters of the Commercial Bank of Italy. Financial Power has always been important in Milan, which is in fact Italy's financial capital. The building now hosts a brand new museum, showing the bank's rich artistic collection. It's certainly worth a visit,
because of its collection, spanning from the XIX century to contemporary Arte Povera artists,
because of its unusual setting in a former bank building,
and, last but not least, because it's completely free!
Opposite the Opera House there is Palazzo Marino, Milan's City Hall, where the political power of the City resides. Not surprisingly, being Milan so finance-centered, this building was primarily built as the house of a banker in the XVI century. It is now the center of Milan's political power, and sometimes it hosts free art exhibitions.
Finally, you can see the entrance of the celebrated Vittorio Emanuele II arcade. It was the oldest shopping mall in Italy, built at the end of the XIX century, and it connects La Scala square with the Duomo square. It hosts plenty of elegant fashion shops and features a magnificent marble floor under an impressive glass and steel vault. It also has a kind of sinister flavour, because, its designer Giuseppe Mengoni, died by falling down from the glass dome just after the inauguration - if it was accident or suicide will remain an unsolved mystery.
Please have a look at the statue in the center of the square. Can you recognize it? It is the statue of Leonardo da Vinci, who lived in Milan for 17 years and left here an important mark, symbolized especially by the Last Supper.
La Scala Milan
La Scala (Italian: Teatro alla Scala), is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy.
The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala (Nuovo Regio Ducale Teatro alla Scala).
The premiere performance was Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
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Violent clashes at La Scala opening night in Milan
Violence broke out between police and protesters on Sunday at the opening night of La Scala opera season in Milan.
They were protesting against labour reforms approved last week by the Italian parliament which will make it easier for employers to sack workers.
Several people were seriously injured in the scuffles.
The opening night of La Scala is one of the most glittering occasions on Europe's cultural calendar.
Protesters seize the annual event to draw attention to various causes.
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Aida (Teatro alla Scala)
Stagione 2011/2012
Produzione Teatro alla Scala 1963
Aida
Musica: Giuseppe Verdi
Direttore: Omer Meir Wellber
Regia: Franco Zeffirelli
Scene e costumi: Lila De Nobili
Coreografia: Vladimir Vasiliev
Luci: Marco Filibeck
Cast: Roberto Tagliavini, Marianne Cornetti, Luciana D'Intino, Oksana Dyka, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Jorge De Leon, Stuart Neill, Riccardo Zanellato, Giacomo Prestia, Andrzej Dobber, Ambrogio Maestri, Enzo Peroni, Pretty Yende. Cast ballo: Beatrice Carbone, Deborah Gismondi, Sabrina Brazzo, Gabriele Corrado, Andrea Volpintesta.
2011/2012 Season
Production Teatro alla Scala 1963
Aida
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber
Staging: Franco Zeffirelli
Sets and costumes: Lila De Nobili
Choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev
Lights: Marco Filibeck
Cast: Roberto Tagliavini, Marianne Cornetti, Luciana D'Intino, Oksana Dyka, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Jorge De Leon, Stuart Neill, Riccardo Zanellato, Giacomo Prestia, Andrzej Dobber, Ambrogio Maestri, Enzo Peroni, Pretty Yende. Ballet Cast: Beatrice Carbone, Deborah Gismondi, Sabrina Brazzo, Gabriele Corrado, Andrea Volpintesta.
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Teatro alla Scala - Milan, Italy
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ATTILA
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
From 11 December 2018 to 8 January 2019
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La Scala Opera House - Music History Crash Course
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Stagione 2019/2020 (Teatro alla Scala)
Scopri la nuova Stagione del Teatro alla Scala: Opere, Balletti, Concerti.
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Views of the La Scala Opera House, Milan, ITALY
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La Scala Opera House or Teatro alla Scala was built in 1778 and made famous by composer Giuseppe Verdi amoung others. It is near The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and the Milan Cathederal in central Milan.
La Scala, Famous Opera House, Milan, Italy June 2018
La Scala, Famous Opera House, Milan, Italy - June 2018
Re-opening of La Scala opera house
SHOTLIST
1. Exterior of La Scala
2. Guards walking towards La Scala
3. Guards on horses outside
4. Protest outside La Scala (against Alfa Romeo car manufacturers)
5. Italian police
6. Close up of police shield
7. Exterior of La Scala down to guards outside door
8. Various of interiors of La Scala
9. Interior La Scala with crowds
10. Giovanna Melanvri, former Italian Minister of Culture in the crowd
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Giovanna Melanvri, former Italian Minister of Culture:
Its a great day for culture in Italy.This is a great success for the Italian cultural scene and the only hope that I have is that the actual government will invest more money in culture in the future.
12. People arriving at La Scala
13. Actress Sophia Loren and fashion designer Giorgio Armani just visible in media scrum
14. Loren and Armani walking into La Scala
15. UPSOUND: Question: Sophia what's your feeling?
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Sophia Loren, film star:
Of happiness
17. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Sophia Loren, film star:
Its a dream come true. It's wonderful. When I think that I come from Pozzuoli and now I'm here at La Scala, with all these photographers, it is really wonderful.
18. Emanuele Filiberto Di Savoia, the son of the deposed King of Italy with partner
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Emanuele Filiberto Di Savoia, the son of the deposed King of Italy
Q: What's your feeling entering La Scala for the first time?
A: It's a beautiful feeling for me, magical feeling, really. I've been dreaming it for a long time and finally here we are. Thank you.
20. Various of Milan galleria Vittorio Emanuele shopping area where the opera was on screen
21. A couple watching
22. Man reading lyrics
23. Close up of lyrics
24. Opera playing on the screen
Night Shot
25. Exterior of La Scala
FAMOUS ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE REOPENS
La Scala, one of the world's most celebrated opera houses, reopened to rousing applause from its demanding public in Milan on Tuesday (7th December), after nearly three years of renovation.
A sold-out audience granted maestro Riccardo Muti and the singers 12 minutes of convinced applause and 15 curtain calls.
Director Luca Ronconi and dozens of company members joined Muti on the stage at the end of the triumphant opening night.
Whilst Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, foreign dignitaries and Italy's fashion and entertainment glitterati watched the opera from their red velvet seats in the theatre, other opera lovers watched the performance live on large video screens around town - including some inside the city's San Vittore prison.
For the gala performance, Muti chose the same work that inaugurated the first La Scala opening night in 1778 - Antonio Salieri's Europa Riconosciuta.
The area around the opera house, a stone's throw from Milan's Gothic-style cathedral, was closed to traffic and more than 1,000 riot police stood guard against possible disturbances from anti-fur and other protesters.
The opera house's glamorous openings, with notables in elegant attire - including sumptuous furs - have long been a forum for social protest, and Tuesday's opening was no exception.
Dozens of anti-Berlusconi protesters shouted insults at the prime minister, and laid-off Alfa Romeo auto workers waved red flags as they protested against the increasing use of temporary workers in Italy.
Berlusconi slipped into the opera house through a side door.
Several European leaders were his guests in the royal box for the gala evening, including Switzerland's President Joseph Deiss and the prime ministers of Croatia, Bulgaria and Albania.
Milan's fashion king Giorgio Armani escorted actress Sophia Loren for the evening.
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La Cenerentola per i bambini/Cinderella for Children (Teatro alla Scala)
LA CENERENTOLA
Stagione 2014/2015
Produzione: Teatro alla Scala In coproduzione con Festival di Salisburgo
Musica: Gioachino Rossini
Elaborazione musicale e arrangiamento: Alexander Krampe
Direttore: Maxime Pascal; Pietro Mianiti
Regia: Ulrich Peter
Scene: Luigi Perego
Costumi: Dorothea Nicolai
Artisti: Lilly Jorstad, Aya Wakizono, Sofia Mchedlishvili, Fatma Said, Shin Je Bang, Edoardo Milletti, Carlos Cardoso, Petro Ostapenko, Kwanhyun Kim, Giovanni Romeo, Mikheil Kiria, Davide Giangregorio.
Attori: Antonio Albanese, Michele Nani.
CINDERELLA
2014/2015 Season
Production: Teatro alla Scala and Salzburg Festival coproduction
Music: Gioachino Rossini
Musical elaboration and arrangement: Alexander Krampe
Conductor: Maxime Pascal; Pietro Mianiti
Staging: Ulrich Peter
Sets: Luigi Perego
Costumes: Dorothea Nicolai
Artists: Lilly Jorstad, Aya Wakizono, Sofia Mchedlishvili, Fatma Said, Shin Je Bang, Edoardo Milletti, Carlos Cardoso, Petro Ostapenko, Kwanhyun Kim, Giovanni Romeo, Mikheil Kiria, Davide Giangregorio.
Actors: Antonio Albanese, Michele Nani.
Madama Butterfly (2016) - Siri, Hymel - Chailly - Teatro alla Scala
Madama Butterfly
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica
Conducted by Riccardo Chailly
Directed by Alvis Hermanis
2016 performance at Teatro alla Scala in Milan
Starring
Maria José Siri as Madama Butterfly
Bryan Hymel as F.B. Pinkerton
Annalisa Stroppa as Suzuki
Carlos Alvarez as Sharpless
Carlo Bosi as Goro
Nicole Brandolino as Kate Pinkerton
Costantino Finucci as Principe Yamadori
Gabriele Sagona as Commissario Imperiale
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Intervento del Presidente Mattarella al Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Il Presidente della Repubblica Sergio Mattarella ha assistito alla prima dell’opera “Attila” di Giuseppe Verdi che ha inaugurato la stagione d’opera e balletto 2018/2019 del Teatro alla Scala.
L’Opera è stata eseguita dall’Orchestra e dal Coro del Teatro alla Scala diretti dal maestro Riccardo Chailly.
Trailer Tosca - Serata Inaugurale 7 dicembre 2019 (Teatro alla Scala)
Serata Inaugurale 7 dicembre 2019
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Nuova produzione Teatro alla Scala
Direttore: Riccardo Chailly
Regia: Davide Livermore
Scene: Giò Forma
Costumi: Gianluca Falaschi
Luci: Antonio Castro
Video: D-wok
CAST
Tosca: Anna Netrebko
Cavaradossi: Francesco Meli
Scarpia: Luca Salsi
Angelotti: Carlo Cigni
Sagrestano: Alfonso Antoniozzi
Spoletta: Carlo Bosi
Sciarrone: Giulio Mastrototaro
Carceriere: Ernesto Panariello
Pastore: Gianluigi Sartori
Opening Night 7 December 2019
Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra
New Teatro alla Scala production
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Staging: Davide Livermore
Sets: Giò Forma
Costumes: Gianluca Falaschi
Lights: Antonio Castro
Video: D-wok
CAST
Tosca: Anna Netrebko
Cavaradossi: Francesco Meli
Scarpia: Luca Salsi
Angelotti: Carlo Cigni
Sagrestano: Alfonso Antoniozzi
Spoletta: Carlo Bosi
Sciarrone: Giulio Mastrototaro
Carceriere: Ernesto Panariello
Pastore: Gianluigi Sartori