Teatro alla Scala - The Glass Magazine

Beethoven, Bellini and Čajkovskij: new heights, fond farewells and poised lyricism at La Scala

July 8, 2025

As Milan’s La Scala wraps its Summer season, engaging with timeless classics remains a point of fascination. From threads of dramatic complexity to notes of blissful intensity, scores of excess and expression ...

Pianist Jan Lisiecki lands at Milan’s La Scala

Chidozie Obasi

May 29, 2025

News

AMID the new season launches and non-stop program, Canadian Jan Lisiecki returns to Milan’s La Scala in a concert that explores the world of piano preludes. His pieces intertwine the purity of Bach, the lyrici...

Nicoletta Manni and Reece Clarke on the influence of Gala Fracci

Chidozie Obasi

May 22, 2025

Culture, Feature

AFTER A successful fourth edition of La Scala’s famed Gala Fracci, its Étoile—Nicoletta Manni—alongside Royal Ballet Principal Reece Clarke weighed in on their Onegin variation, the thrills of dance and the pi...

Milan’s Strehler Theatre welcomes the thrills and fresh takes from La Scala Academy in end of year show

Chidozie Obasi

May 19, 2025

Culture, News

MILAN, ITALY — This May, the Strehler Theatre welcomes artists of La Scala’s Academy with a programme comprising the Presentation of the School, choreographed by Olivieri, the revival of William Forsythe's New...

Kurt Weill projects notes of humour and jazzy glitz at Milan’s La Scala

Chidozie Obasi

May 16, 2025

Culture, News

Hopping between social criticism, contamination and playful staging, the production recalls a strong Milanese tradition between La Scala and Piccolo, recounting the landscape of inequality and exploitation. ...

Gala Fracci returns to Milan’s La Scala for its fourth edition to honour the late dance phenomenon

Chidozie Obasi

May 15, 2025

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, News

THROUGHOUT her career, Carla Fracci had proven that she was a stellar artist. As a performer who took stages by storm and played all manner of roles within the classic repertoire, she had a technical and artis...

Susanna Mälkki’s baton leads an impassioned score from Schumann and Strauss at Milan’s La Scala

Chidozie Obasi

May 12, 2025

Culture, News

Between soaring climaxes and intricate lyricism, the Finnish conductor conveyed brightness and lightness into sharp focus. Photograph: Brescia e Amisano © Teatro alla Scala When conducting, Susanna ...

Peer Gynt’s moving act of defiance lands at Milan’s La Scala

Chidozie Obasi

April 22, 2025

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre

Funny, exhilarating and at times unbearably sad, it’s a tough piece filled with Nordic folklore and poignant storytelling. MILAN, ITALY — High emotion inevitably surrounded this production of Peer Gynt, lan...

Tosca’s tale of sweeping intensity and grand passion lands at Milan’s La Scala

Chidozie Obasi

March 31, 2025

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, News

Full of thrills, Elena Stikhina is a superb actor but vocally needed a push. She was brilliantly supported by Fabio Sartori and Amartuvshin Enkhbat—with terrific conducting from Michele Gamba Photograph...

Kratz, Preljocaj and De Bana’s triptych: a triumph of visual intrigue at La Scala

Chidozie Obasi

March 7, 2025

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre

Bursting with upfront energy, Milan’s La Scala contemporary mashup is lively and punchy on emotive moments. MILAN, ITALY – The second programme of La Scala’s Ballet Season veers towards the contemporary spe...

Inside Hugo Marchand’s pursuit of expression

Chidozie Obasi

December 13, 2024

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

Between coming of age and pushing the edge, the winsome artist and étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet is at the peak of his stride. As he prepares to debut in Nureyev’s Nutcracker at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala – ...

Milan’s La Scala premieres Verdi’s sprawling opera La Forza del Destino

Chidozie Obasi

December 9, 2024

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, News

Talented leads made this an intense production at Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala, wrestling between blighted love and poignant storytelling. MILAN, ITALY—Never lacking in ambition, Milan’s famed Teatro a...

Amid national strikes, Milan’s La Scala heads a strong cast in homage to Puccini’s death centenary

Chidozie Obasi

December 2, 2024

News

In spite of choristers and orchestra members declining to perform on the eagerly anticipated concert of 29 November 2024, soloists Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Netrebko headlined mesmerising arias in honour of the ...

From Strauss to Verdi, Milan’s La Scala teeters between wrathful darkness and riveting sweetness

Chidozie Obasi

November 29, 2024

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, News

From Alexandre Kantorow’s virtuoso eccentricity, Simone Young’s playful radicalism, to Leo Muscato’s masterful staging - conductors lead the season with mercurially expressive batons. La Scala’s concertos ...

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...

Roberto Bolle on vulnerability, devotion and the potent draw to dance

Chidozie Obasi

October 22, 2024

Culture, Feature, News

The internationally acclaimed artist unpacks coming of age, imposter syndrome and the fascinating parallels of physicality and sensibility with GLASS. OUR ATTITUDES towards influential figures i...

Riccardo Chailly matches beauty and excess in Arnold Schönberg’s immense drama

Chidozie Obasi

September 25, 2024

Don't Miss: Theatre, News

Conductor Riccardo Chailly closes Teatro alla Scala’s Symphonic season with a detailed and impassioned performance of Schönberg’s remarkable cantata, Gurre-Lieder. Teatro alla Scala’s symphonic season close...

John Neumeier’s La Dame Aux Camélias ballet returns to Milan’s Teatro alla Scala after seven years

Chidozie Obasi

September 23, 2024

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, News

The evocative ballet will feature eight performances from 25 September to 16 October 204 with étoiles, guest artists and major debuts for La Scala performers. A FEW months after the summer pause, the ballet...

Tod’s teams up with Venetian Masters for a new exhibition

Sophie Richardson

April 18, 2024

Art, News

IN A celebration of Italian craftsmanship, Tod’s has just released a new creative project. Titled A Project by Venetian Masters, the latest offering stars the Gommino – one of the brand’s most reputable symbol...

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