March 08 in Music History
1566 Birth of Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo in Venosa.
1673 Birth of composer Pedro Vaz Rego.
1714 Birth of German composer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
1813 First concert of the London Philharmonic Society, Argyll Rooms, Salomon conducting, Clementi pianist and Viotti in the orchestra.
1835 Birth of bass Hans Freiherr von Rokitansky in Vienna.
1839 Death of tenor Adolphe Nourrit.
1869 Death of French composer Hector Berlioz at the age of 62, in Paris.
1870 Birth of baritone Dezso Zador in Hungary.
1872 Birth of soprano Alba Chretien-Vaguet in Paris
1876 Birth of Italian composer Franco Alfano in Naples.
1898 FP of R. Strauss' Don Quixote Wüllner conducting in Cologne.
1901 Death of Belgian composer Peter Benoit in Harelbeke.
1902 FP of Jean Sibelius' Second Symphony. Composer conducting in Helsinki.
1903 Birth of English composer, pianist, and conductor, Avril Coleridge-Taylor.
1904 Birth of bass-baritone Gottlieb Zeithammer in Vienna.
1909 Birth of American composer Anthony Donato.
1911 Birth of American composer Alan Hovhaness in Somerville, MA.
1914 Birth of tenor Franz Klarwein in Garmisch.
1924 Birth of American composer Lloyd Conley.
1927 Birth of soprano Doreen Murray in Newcastle on Tyne.
1931 Death of composer and soprano Clara Kathleen Rogers.
1934 Birth of American composer Christian Wolff in Nice, France.
1934 FP of Walter Piston's Concerto for Orchestra. Boston Symphony, Serge Koussevitzky conducting.
1935 Birth of soprano Liselotte Rebmann in Stuttgart.
1936 Birth of Belgian composer Vic Nees in Mechelen.
1939 Birth of tenor Horst Laubenthal in Duderstadt.
1939 Birth of Welsh tenor Robert Tear.
1940 Birth of soprano Bernadette Antoine in Nancy.
1941 Birth of American composer Yvar Mikashoff.
1942 Birth of mezzo-soprano Patricia Payne in Dunedin, New Zealand.
1943 Death of soprano Alice Nielsen.
1944 Death of tenor Aroldo Lindi.
1945 Birth of American composer Bruce Broughton.
1945 Death of soprano Xenia Dorliak.
1949 Birth of Belgian recorder player and flutist Barthold Kuijken.
1952 Death of tenor Octave Dua.
1954 Birth of composer Jonathan Berger in NYC.
1954 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Three Songs from William Shakespeare conducted by Robert Craft at an "Evenings on the Roof" concert in LA.
1957 Death of Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck at age 70, in Zurich.
1957 FP of I. Xenakis' Pithoprakta in Munich.
1958 Birth of English choral director Simon Halsey.
1961 Death of British conductor Sir Thomas Beecham.
1966 Birth of American composer Yoav Gal.
1967 Death of tenor Paul Reinecke.
1979 FP of Wolfgang Rihm's opera Jakob Lenz at the Opera stabile, Staatsoper, in Hamburg.
1983 Death of British composer Sir William Walton.
1984 Death of baritone Louis Noguera.
1991 FP of Daniel Asia's At the Far Edge for orchestra. Seattle Youth Symphony, Ruben Gurevich conducting.
2000 FP of Karen Tanaka's At the Grave of Beethoven. Brodsky Quartet, in London.
2000 FP of John Tavener's The Lord's Prayer. Tallis Scholars in Guildford, England.
2001 Death of baritone Dickson Titus.
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After Riccardo Chailly opens the season with Tosca, continuing the cycle of works by Puccini, he will conduct his first Strauss opera, as well as the complete Beethoven symphonies. Zubin Mehta will conduct two Verdi operas as well as Luigi Nonno’s Intolleranza which will be performed at La Scala for the first time. Handel’s Semele will also receive its first staged performance at the theatre. There are fifteen operas in the 2019-2020 season, of which eleven are new productions.
Anna Netrebko will open the season in Tosca on 7 December, but strangely the tenor has not yet been confirmed. Backstage voices say that the Russian diva is pressing for her husband, Yusif Eyvazov, to be given the role.
After the popularity over the last couple of years, the opening of the season will again be transmitted live on Italy’s main television channel, Rai1.
The recital series, listed below, features Matthias Goerne, Erwin Schrott, Aleksandra Kurzak, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Bejun Mehta, Marina Rebeka, and Sabine Devieilhe.
OPERA SEASON 2019-2020
Anna Netrebko, photo Dario Acosta
4 December 2019 Young People’s Preview
7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 December 2019; 2, 5, 8 January 2020
Giacomo Puccini
TOSCA
Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Director Davide Livermore
Sets Giò Forma
Costumes Gianluca Falaschi
Lighting Antonio Castro
Cast
Tosca Anna Netrebko / Saioa Hernández (2, 5, 8 Jan.), Cavaradossi (to be announced),
Scarpia Luca Salsi, Angelotti Vladimir Sazdovski, Sagrestano Alfonso Antoniozzi,
Spoletta Carlo Bosi, Sciarrone Giulio Mastrototaro
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
New Production Teatro alla Scala
Diana Damrau
15, 18, 21, 26, 30 January; 2, 13, 16 February 2020
Charles Gounod
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
Conductor Lorenzo Viotti
Director Bartlett Sher
Sets Michael Yeargan
Costumes Catherine Zuber
Lighting Jennifer Tipton
Cast
Juliette Diana Damrau, Roméo Vittorio Grigolo,
Frère Laurent Nicolas Testé, Mercutio Mattia Olivieri, Stéphano Marina Viotti,
Le Comte Capulet Frédéric Caton, Tybalt Ruzil Gatin, Gertrude Sara Mingardo,
Le Comte Paris Edwin Fardini, Le Duc Jean-Vincent Blot
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
Production from The Metropolitan Opera, New York
Violeta Urmana
6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 23, 26, 29 February; 6 March 2020
Giuseppe Verdi
IL TROVATORE
Conductor Nicola Luisotti
Director and Set Design Alvis Hermanis
Costumes Eva Dessecker
Lighting Gleb Filshtinsky
Video Designer Ineta Sipunova
Cast
Leonora Liudmyla Monastyrska, Manrico Francesco Meli,
Il conte di Luna Massimo Cavalletti, Azucena Violeta Urmana,
Ferrando Gianluca Buratto/Riccardo Fassi
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
New Production Teatro alla Scala (co-production Salzburger Festspiele)
Rosa Feola, photo Todd Rosenberg
22, 25, 28 February; 4, 13, 15, 17, 19 March 2020
Gioachino Rossini
IL TURCO IN ITALIA
Conductor Diego Fasolis
Director Roberto Andò
Sets and Lighting Gianni Carluccio
Costumes Nanà Cecchi
Cast
Selim Alex Esposito, Donna Fiorilla Rosa Feola, Don Narciso Edgardo Rocha,
Prosdocimo Mattia Olivieri, Don Geronio Giulio Mastrototaro,
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
New Production Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Chailly, photo Brescia e Amisano
8, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 27, 31 March 2020
Richard Strauss
SALOME
Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Director Damiano Michieletto
Sets Paolo Fantin
Costumes Carla Teti
Lighting Alessandro Carletti
Choreography Thomas Wilhelm
Cast
Salome Malin Byström, Herodes Roberto Saccà, Herodias Anna Maria Chiuri,
Jochanaan Michael Volle, Narraboth Attilio Glaser, Nazarener Thomas Tatzl
Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
New Production Teatro alla Scala
Daniele Gatti, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala
4, 7, 10, 14, 18, 21, 24 April 2020
Claude Debussy
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE
Conductor Daniele Gatti
Director Matthias Hartmann
Sets Volker Hintermeier
Cast
Pelléas Bernard Richter, Mélisande Patricia Petibon, Golaud Markus Werba,
Arkel Nicolas Testé, Geneviève Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo,
Le petite Yniold Caterina Sala, Un medecin/Berger Vladimir Sazdovski
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
New Production Teatro alla Scala
Tannhauser, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala
23, 26, 30 April; 3, 7, 10, 24, 27 May 2020
Richard Wagner
TANNHÄUSER
Conductor Ádám Fischer
Director Carlus Padrissa / La Fura dels Baus
Sets Roland Olberter
Costumes Chu Uroz
Video Designer Franc Aleu
Cast
Tannhäuser Peter Seiffert, Elisabeth Krassimira Stoyanova / Dorothea Röschmann (24, 27 May),
Wolfram von Eschenbach Christian Gerhaher / Markus Werba (24, 27 May),
Walter von der Vogelweide Martin Piskorski, Venus Daniela Sindram, Hermann Albert Dohmen,
Biterolf Florian Spiess, Heinrich der Schreiber Sascha Emanuel Kramer,
Reinmar von Zweter Chi Hoon Lee
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
Produzione Teatro alla Scala
Ferruccio Furlanetto
17, 20, 23, 26, 29 May; 4, 10 June 2020
Italo Montemezzi
L’AMORE DEI TRE RE
Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Director Àlex Ollé / La Fura dels Baus
Sets Alfons Flores
Costumes Lluc Castells
Lighting Marco Filibeck
Cast
Archibaldo Ferruccio Furlanetto, Manfredo Roberto Frontali, Avito Giorgio Berrugi,
Fiora Federica Lombardi, Flaminio Giorgio Misseri
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
New Production Teatro alla Scala
Mario Martone, photo Brescia e Amisano
3, 6, 9, 13, 17, 22, 25, 30 June 2020
Umberto Giordano
FEDORA
Conductor Daniel Oren
Director Mario Martone
Sets Margherita Palli
Costumes Ursula Patzak
Lighting Pasquale Mari
Cast
Fedora Sonya Yoncheva, Loris Roberto Alagna,
Olga Mariangela Sicilia, De Siriex Massimo Cavalletti, Barone Rouvelle Marco Ciaponi,
Boroff Costantino Finucci, Grech Vladimir Sazdovski
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
New Production Teatro alla Scala
Gabriele Salvatores, photo by Brescia e Amisano
20, 23, 26 June; 2, 7, 10, 13, 16 July 2020
Giuseppe Verdi
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Conductor Zubin Mehta
Director Gabriele Salvatores
Sets Gian Maurizio Fercioni
Cast
Riccardo Fabio Sartori, Amelia Saioa Hernández, Renato Luca Salsi,
Ulrica Violeta Urmana, Oscar Julie Martin Du Theil,
Silvano Liviu Holender, Samuel Fabrizio Beggi, Tom Emanuele Cordaro
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
New Production Teatro alla Scala
La traviata with Marina Rebeka and Leo Nucci, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala
11, 14 July 2020;
12, 14, 17, 20, 22, 25 November 2020
Giuseppe Verdi
LA TRAVIATA
Conductor Zubin Mehta / Michele Gamba
Director Liliana Cavani
Sets Dante Ferretti
Costumes Gabriella Pescucci
Lighting Marco Filibeck
Choreography Micha van Hoecke
Cast
Violetta Valéry Marina Rebeka (11, 14 July) / Angel Blue,
Alfredo Germont Francesco Meli (11, 14 July) / Charles Castronovo,
Giorgio Germont Leo Nucci (11, 14 July) / Plácido Domingo (12, 14 Nov.) /
George Petean (17, 20, 22, 25 Nov.)
Chorus, Orchestra and Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala
Produzione Teatro alla Scala
Il viaggio a Reims, photo Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala
1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 22, 25 September 2020
La Scala Accademia Project
Gioachino Rossini
IL VIAGGIO A REIMS
Conductor Paolo Carignani
Director Luca Ronconi
Sets Gae Aulenti
Costumes Giovanna Buzzi
Lighting Marco Filibeck
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala Academy
Production Rossini Opera Festival di Pesaro and Teatro alla Scala
Cecilia Bartoli, photo by Uli Weber
17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30 October 2020
Georg Friedrich Händel
SEMELE
Conductor Gianluca Capuano
Director Robert Carsen
Sets e Costumes Patrick Kinmonth
Lighting Robert Carsen e Peter van Praet
Coreografia Philippe Giraudeau
Cast
Semele Cecilia Bartoli, Jupiter/Apollo Ian Bostridge,
Athamas Max Emanuel Cencic, Juno Sara Mingardo
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
New Production Teatro alla Scala
Zubin Mehta, photo Brescia e Amisano
29, 31 October; 2, 4, 8, 11 November 2020
Arnold Schönberg
ERWARTUNG
The Woman Camilla Nylund
Luigi Nono
INTOLLERANZA 1960
Cast
Un emigrante Giorgio Berrugi, La sua compagna Camilla Nylund,
Una donna Anna Maria Chiuri, Un algerino Simone Piazzola, Un torturato Dario Russo
Conductor Zubin Mehta
Director Damiano Michieletto
Sets Paolo Fantin
Costumes Carla Teti
Lighting Alessandro Carletti
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
New Production Teatro alla Scala
Daniela Barcellona
10, 13, 18, 21, 24, 27, 29 November 2020
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA
Conductor Ádám Fischer
Director Davide Livermore
Sets Giò Forma
Costumes Mariana Fracasso
Cast
La Gioconda Saioa Hernández, Laura Adorno Daniela Barcellona,
Enzo Grimaldo Francesco Meli, Barnaba Luca Salsi, Alvise Badoero Roberto Tagliavini,
La cieca Judit Kutasi, Zuane Fabrizio Beggi
Chorus, Orchestra and Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala
New Production Teatro alla Scala
Aleksandra Kurzak, photo Andrzej Swietlik
Bejun Mehta, photo by Marco Boggreve
Marina Rebeka, photo Janis Deinats
Matthias Goerne, photo Marco Borggreve
Sabine Devieilhe, photo Fabien Monthubert
Ekaterina Semenchuk
Recital Season
3 December 2019
Matthias Goerne
Piano
Leif Ove Andsnes
Schumann
26 January 2020
Erwin Schrott
Piano
Giulio Zappa
23 February 2020
Aleksandra Kurzak
Piano
Julius Drake
Viola
Tomasz Wabnic
Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Strauss
15 March 2020
Ekaterina Semenchuk
Piano
Semion Skigin
Glinka and Musorgsky
19 April 2020
Bejun Mehta
Piano
Jonathan Ware
Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Britten, and Mahler
27 October 2020
Marina Rebeka
Piano
Giulio Zappa
Rachmaninov, Bellini, and Verdi
9 November 2020
Sabine Devieilhe
Piano
Alexandre Tharaud
Debussy, Poulenc, Fauré, and Ravel
Teatro alla Scala 01
La Scala, Milan: Opera and Recital Season 2019 – 2020 After Riccardo Chailly opens the season with Tosca, continuing the cycle of works by Puccini, he will conduct his first Strauss opera, as well as the complete Beethoven symphonies.
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