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Teatro alla
Scala, Milan, Italy
La Scala,
in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera
houses in the World.
Some of the principal
conductors and music directors of Teatro alla Scala were
Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, Tullio Serafin, Arturo
Toscanini and others.
The current edifice was built on
the former location of the church of Santa Maria alla Scala,
from which the theatre gets its name. The theater was
inaugurated on 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro
alla Scala with Salieri's L'Europa riconosciuta.
From
now on, Teatro alla Scala quickly became the most important
meeting place for noble people of Milan.
The opera house has a platea and a gallery where the less
wealthy can watch the performances. It is called also the
loggione. The loggione is typically crowded with aficionados,
who listen wit attention towards singers' performances.
The interior of La Scala was originally illuminated
with oil lamps mounted on the palcoscenico and in the rest of
theater. In time, oil lamps were replaced by electric
lights.
La Scala hosted the prima (first
production) of many famous operas, and had a special
relationship with Giuseppe Verdi. It now hosts a
museum (accessible from the foyer) with an
extraordinary collection of paintings, drafts, statues,
costumes, and other documents regarding opera.
La Scala's season traditionally opens
on December 7, Saint Ambrose's Day, Milan's patron saint. All
performances must end before midnight; long operas start
earlier in the evening if need be.
Ticketholders are
not allowed to enter after the performance has
begun.
How to
book La Scala tickets:
The purchase can be made through different
channels: Internet, Self Ticketing (SATP), and at the Box
Office. The purchase at Box Office shall be possible
exclusively from the month preceding each
performance.
Online booking Tickets for La Scala
Travelitaly tip: it may be
very difficult to book a ticket for La Scala, because of the
very high request! Hurry up!
Please mind that:
"Gentlemen are kindly requested to wear dark suits for first
performances. Gentlemen are in any case required to wear
jacket and tie at all performances. Items of clothing which do
not comply with a proper theatre decorum shall not be
accepted."
Read the general guidelines
for Teatro Alla Scala
La Scala 2005-2006 Season
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Idomeneo
La Sylphide
Pëtr
Il'ic Cajkovskij - Evgenij Onegin
Giuseppe Verdi -
Rigoletto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro
Dittico - The Cage / La strada
Leos Janácek - Kát'a
Kabanová
Gaetano Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor
Cenerentola - March 2006
Giacomo Puccini - Tosca
Jules Massenet - Manon
La Bayadčre - May 2006
Richard Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos
Henry Purcell -
Dido and Aeneas
Roland Petit -Il pipistrello
Paul
Hindemith - Sancta Susanna
Azio Corghi - Il dissoluto
assolto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ascanio in
Alba
More info on the season here
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