As we continue our coverage of Lombardy, ITALY Magazine’s featured region this November, we take a look at its notable music tradition.
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La Scala
by Silvia Donati |
Music and opera lovers are looking forward to the opening of La Scala's season, scheduled for tonight. Traditionally, the season opens on 7 December, which…
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More than 200 concerts, plays and exhibitions have been organized in Milan to mark Italy's semester in the European Union presidency, which began July 1.
The…
by Katia Amore |
La Scala’s Philharmonic Orchestra took Milano by storm with a flashmob in Piazza Castello playing Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps to promote…
by Carol King |
The anticipation surrounding the opening night of the annual opera season at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala opera house reaches fever pitch by late autumn.…
by Silvia Donati |
Tonight at 8 pm, Daniel Harding will conduct the Orchestra and Chorus of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in its annual Christmas concert.
The orchestra will perform…
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La Scala Theatre’s 2013/2014 season opens in Milan on December 7 with La Traviata.
The new season includes 16 productions: 10 operas and 6 ballets.
Seven opera…
by Carol King |
Your guide to what’s on in Italy this winter, from art shows and sports events, to festivals and concerts.
ARTS
La Madonna di Foligno in Milan…
by Carol King |
Carol King examines some of Pope Francis’ favourite things as revealed in a recent interview and discovers many of them are Italian.
Pope Francis’ love of…
by John Bensalhia |
BACKGROUND
Having enjoyed a hugely successful career, by the early 1870s, Verdi felt that the time was right to take retirement. Verdi's publisher disagreed…
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