La Scala
Culture
by Carol King | Mon, 09/16/2013 - 07:00
Your guide to what’s on in Italy this autumn, from art shows and sports events to festivals and concerts.
ARTS
Forlì Arte Contemporanea (Forlì Contemporary…
Culture
by John Bensalhia | Fri, 08/30/2013 - 07:00
BACKGROUND
If there was one Verdi opera that could lay claim to being the longest, it's Don Carlo.
Don Carlo started out life as a five-act opera that ran for…
Culture
by John Bensalhia | Wed, 06/12/2013 - 09:48
BACKGROUND Based on both the Biblical story of Nebuchadnezzar and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue, Nabucco was the Verdi opera…
Culture
by ITALY | Fri, 04/05/2013 - 08:00
BACKGROUND
Aida is a four-act opera written by Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antoni Ghislanzoni, which was based on a scenario by French Egyptologist…
Culture
by John Bensalhia | Fri, 03/01/2013 - 04:56
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest Italian romantic composers of all time. Giuseppe Verdi was responsible for some of…
Culture
by Carol King | Tue, 01/01/2013 - 09:58
On the 10 October 2013, the world celebrates the 200th year since the birth of Giuseppe Verdi. Opera houses worldwide will stage works by the Italian composer…
Culture
by Carol King | Thu, 12/06/2012 - 05:20
Daniel Barenboim will open La Scala’s opera season tomorrow by conducting ‘Lohengrin’ by Richard Wagner while facing an onslaught of criticism in the media and…
Culture
by Natalie Aldern | Mon, 09/19/2011 - 09:23
Though he was to become known as one of the most talented tenors in the world, Salvatore Licitra did not have a musical childhood.
Born in Bern, Switzerland…
by Natalie Aldern | Fri, 06/10/2011 - 04:11
Italian luxury brand Tod’s has come to the table with yet another offer to save a national cultural landmark. The famous shoemaker recently pledged 25 million…
Culture
by Carla Passino | Fri, 10/17/2008 - 03:17
Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Verdi, Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini—fewer countries have given more to the great opera tradition than Italy. The art itself was…
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