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The Museo Teatrale alla Scala (La Scala Theatre Museum), accessible from the theatre's foyer and a part of the house, contains a collection of paintings, drafts, statues, costumes, and other documents regarding the history of La Scala and of opera in general. La Scala also hosts the Accademia d'Arti e Mestieri dello Spettacolo (Academy for the ...
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Falstaff (Italian pronunciation:) is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.The Italian-language libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, by William Shakespeare.
Barenboim previously served as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris and La Scala in Milan. [5] Barenboim is known for his work with the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, a Seville-based orchestra of young Arab and Israeli musicians, and as a resolute critic of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. [6]
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa [1] (/ ˈ k ɪr i t ə ˈ k ɑː n ə w ə /; [2] born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand opera singer.She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". [3]
[1] [2] [3] Long's version was dramatized by David Belasco as the one-act play Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan, which, after premiering in New York in 1900, moved to London, where Puccini saw it in the summer of that year. [4] The original version of the opera, in two acts, had its premiere on 17 February 1904 at La Scala in Milan.
The work's La Scala debut occurred on 28 January 1954 with Petri and Dorothy Dow. This was followed by several other productions at major opera houses in Italy, including the Teatro Regio di Torino (1961), Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (1962), Teatro Comunale di Bologna (1966), La Fenice (1967), and the Teatro Regio di Parma (1970).
Chailly was born on 20 February 1953 into a musical family of Romagnol and French descent based in Milan. [2] His father Luciano was a noted composer and arts administrator, [3] holding positions at numerous Italian musical institutions, including as music director of La Scala.