Milan – Seen and Heard International

Vocal excellence from Luca Salsi and Anna Netrebko in a strike-hit La Scala performance of a new Nabucco

01/06/202631/05/2026 by Jim Pritchard

Italy Verdi, Nabucodonosor (Nabucco): Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Ella Gallieni) from Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 29.5.2026. (JPr)

Anna Netrebko (Abigaille) © Bresia e Amisano/Teatro alla Scala

McVicar’s La Scala Siegfried is so good in parts – Young, Vogt and Volle particularly – but fails in others

10/03/202609/03/2026 by Jim Pritchard

Italy Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra / Simone Young (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Anna Gettel) from La Scala, Milan, 13.6.2025 and available on demand on LaScala TV. (JPr)

*Siegfried* final scene © Teatro alla Scala/Brescia e Amisano

Gassmann’s L’opera seria at La Scala is tremendous fun and a witty comedy of manners

09/04/2025 by Curtis Rogers

Italy Florian Leopold Gassmann’s L’opera seria: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 3.4.2025. (CR)

*L’opera seria* at La Scala Milan © Brescia e Amisano

Michael Volle is unsurpassable again as Wotan in David McVicar’s mostly traditional La Scala Die Walküre

07/03/202615/02/2025 by Jim Pritchard

Italy Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra / Simone Young (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ella Gallieni) from La Scala, Milan, 12.2.2025 and available on demand on LaScala. (JPr)

Michael Volle (centre front, Wotan), Camilla Nylund (front right, Brünnhilde), and Okka von der Damerau (rear, Fricka) © Teatro alla Scala/Brescia e Amisano

Long Live Puccini! La Scala overcomes adversity to perform 100 years to the day after he died

04/01/2025 by Jim Pritchard

Italy Italy La Scala per Puccini: Jonas Kaufmann, Luciano Ganci (tenors), Anna Netrebko, Mariangela Sicilia (soprano), James Vaughan (piano). Filmed (directed by Stefania Grimaldi) at La Scala, Milan, 29.11.2024 and available on ARTE Concert until 28.3.2025. (JPr)

[l-r] James Vaughan, Jonas Kaufmann, Mariangela Sicilia, Luciano Ganci, and Anna Netrebko

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Vocal excellence from Luca Salsi and Anna Netrebko in a strike-hit La Scala performance of a new Nabucco

McVicar’s La Scala Siegfried is so good in parts – Young, Vogt and Volle particularly – but fails in others

Gassmann’s L’opera seria at La Scala is tremendous fun and a witty comedy of manners

Michael Volle is unsurpassable again as Wotan in David McVicar’s mostly traditional La Scala Die Walküre

Long Live Puccini! La Scala overcomes adversity to perform 100 years to the day after he died

Muscato’s compelling new La Scala La forza del destino is dominated by Netrebko’s Leonora and Tézier’s Carlo

David McVicar’s puzzling Rheingold is redeemed by Simone Young’s conducting and some fine singing

Kupfer’s La Scala, Milan, Der Rosenkavalier is more thoughtful sophistication than brazen opulence