La Scala - The Glass Magazine

Maria Celeste Losa on Gratitude, Growth and the Power of Dance

April 30, 2026

MILAN, ITALY — Argentina-born, Milan-hailed dancer Maria Celeste Losa speaks with great poise and a soft demeanour, no mean feat in a world of stilted Zoom conversations. “My first memory of dance goes back...

MINUS 16. Photograph: Maxim Waratt courtesy Batsheva Dance Company

Milan in Full Bloom: Poised Streaks and Soft Feels Shape La Scala’s New Dance Production

Chidozie Obasi

March 20, 2026

Culture, News

MILAN, ITALY — After centuries of artistry that remains alive and kicking - hurricanes of leaping and tightly honed technique shaped by world-renowned creative trailblazers - you might think it exhausting to b...

La Scala’s 2025 Premiere, A Lady Macbeth of Mcensk’s District, Unfurls a Tale of Subversion and Cutthroat Drama

Chidozie Obasi

December 8, 2025

Culture, News

MILAN, ITALY — In a world where threads of contemporary storytelling are weaponised by social unrest and political turmoil at an increasingly ferocious pace, literary adaptations of novel classics are no mean ...

Freedom and Feel-Good Romance: Forsythe and The Blake Works Land at Milan’s La Scala

Chidozie Obasi

November 11, 2025

News

MILAN, ITALY — Following the Lander, Kylian, and Béjart Triptych presented earlier in Spring, the journey that engaged dancers and audiences in the creativity of 20th-century masters will continue with an even...

From Donizetti to Chailly, Scores of Emotional Depth Take Centre Stage at Milan’s La Scala

Chidozie Obasi

November 5, 2025

Culture, News

MILAN, Italy — We live in times of cultural and operatic rediscovery, as an increasingly copious number of forgotten works are being revived with the aim of enriching both the present and our understanding of ...

La Scala’s Staging of Cinderella Packed a Punch of Rapturous, Charming Theatrics

Chidozie Obasi

September 15, 2025

News

MILAN, ITALY — Gianluca Capuano was one of the brilliant directors during the peak of the summer festival season: alongside Barrie Kosky and Cecilia Bartoli. Bringing Vivaldi to Salzburg with the highly ac...

Romantic virtuosity blooms in Pierre Lacotte’s Paquita at La Scala

Chidozie Obasi

June 11, 2025

Culture, News

MILAN, ITALY — There’s a new pivotal debut at Milan’s La Scala and within its ballet company, which now adds its first full version of Paquita to its repertoire. Conceived by Pierre Lacotte for the Paris Opera...

The poignant art of conceal and reveal: Milan’s La Scala new retrospective shines a light on the company’s corps de ballet

Chidozie Obasi

February 13, 2025

Culture, News

Under the curation of Paola Calvetti and Livia Corbò, teamed alongside the settings by Margherita Palli nestled within La Scala’s museum, the exhibit features first-of-its-kind imagery of revered photographer ...

From Lugansky to Chailly, Milan’s La Scala whisks energy of enormous weight and grip this week

Chidozie Obasi

January 28, 2025

Culture, News

Between warhorse works from Beethoven and endlessly shifting combinations from Wagner and Mahler, scores gain a multi-toned edge with a dash of tautness. MILAN, ITALY - Years on, the breadth of La Scala's o...

Gustav Mahler’s sixth symphony lands at La Scala under Lorenzo Viotti’s baton

Chidozie Obasi

January 13, 2025

Culture, News

Amid notes of turbulence, the engaging and highly coloured work will be conducted on three dates (13, 17 and 20 January 2025) in Milan. AN INSISTENT thud in the nerves of turbulence is what epitomises the o...

La Scala gears up for new triptych by Philippe Kratz, Angelin Preljocaj and Patrick de Bana

Chidozie Obasi

January 10, 2025

Culture, News

Global dance sensation Roberto Bolle is set to premiere the production, alongside the company’s corps de ballet. A WORLD premiere and the return of two choreographic works with an unusual source of inspirat...

Rudolf Nureyev’s Nutcracker gears up to spark winter joy at La Scala

Chidozie Obasi

December 10, 2024

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre

Leaning on this timeless classic, the strong Principals of the Milanese company are bound to open the new season. New debut from Paris opera étoile Hugo Marchand. MILAN, ITALY - After Balanchine/Robbins’ gr...

Balanchine-Robbins’ ballet gears up to spark delicacy and vibrancy on La Scala’s stage

Chidozie Obasi

October 30, 2024

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, News

AS JOHN Neumeier's performances of La Dame aux Camélias drew to a close on 16 October, the famed Milanese dance company dove deep into the rehearsals for the final title of the ballet season: Balanchine-Robbin...

How a small town in Southern Italy pushed ballet to the world’s stage

Chidozie Obasi

October 24, 2024

Culture, News

Between timeless classics and youthful optimism, nine artists from Milan’s La Scala weigh in on the joys, thrills and feels of this art form — after a special performance in Lecce. EMOTION COUNTS. That’s th...

The power and poise of étoile Nicoletta Manni

Chidozie Obasi

September 9, 2024

Culture, Feature

Helming a flourishing path with feel-good gumption, Glass unpacks identity, optimism and creative longing with the trailblazer. IT'S easy to think of past times when ballet was so daringly fawned over and y...

Glass recounts L’histoire de Manon’s glittering, tragic ballet at La Scala

Chidozie Obasi

July 22, 2024

Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

50 years on from its creation and marking the end of La Scala’s Summer ballet repertoire, Kenneth MacMillan’s piece puts the audience in the midst of a troubling exploration of interaction and connection—where...

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