From 28 February to 14 March 2017 Giuseppe Verdi Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra Teatro alla Scala Production Running Time: 03 hours 18 minutes intermissions included Conductor Nello Santi Staging Liliana Cavani Sets Dante Ferretti Costumes Gabriella Pescucci Lights Marco Filibeck CAST Violetta Valery Ailyn Perez (28 feb.; 3, 5 mar.) Anna Netrebko (9, 11, 14 mar.) Flora Bervoix Chiara Isotton Giorgio Germont Leo Nucci Alfredo Germont Francesco Meli Barone Douphol Costantino Finucci Marchese D’Obigny Abramo Rosalen Dottor Grenvil Alessandro Spina NOTES ON THE PERFORMANCE The staging is the lavish Liliana Cavani production with scenery by Dante Ferretti with which Verdi’s masterpiece returned to La Scala in 1990 conducted by Riccardo Muti. The leading lady is Anna Netrebko, the most highly acclaimed soprano of the present, who has already triumphed in two First Nights at La Scala: on 7 December 2011 in Donna Anna with Daniel Barenboim and in 2015 in Giovanna d’Arco with Riccardo Chailly. Today she has all the necessary maturity to portray the courtesan in all three stages of her passion. She will alternate with Ailyn Perez. The orchestra will be conducted by Nello Santi, a custodian of the most authentic Italian tradition, who has only […]

GIACOMO PUCCINI, LA BOHÈME Venice: La Fenice Opera House Conductor: Stefano Ranzani Director: Francesco Micheli Sets: Edoardo Sanchi Costumes: Silvia Aymonino lighting: Fabio Barettin cast Mimì Francesca Dotto (16, 19, 24, 26,/02 – 1/03) Gioia Crepaldi (17, 22, 25, 28/02 – 2/03) Rodolfo Matteo Lippi (16, 19, 24, 26,/02 – 1/03) Ivan Ayon Rivas (17, 22, 25, 28/02 – 2/03) Marcello Mattia Olivieri (16, 19, 24, 26,/02 – 1/03) Julian Kim (17, 22, 25, 28/02 – 2/03) Schaunard William Corrò (16, 19, 24, 26,/02 – 1/03) Francesco Salvadori (17, 22, 25, 28/02 – 2/03) Colline Luca Dall’Amico (16, 19, 24, 26,/02 – 1/03) Francesco Milanese (17, 22, 25, 28/02 – 2/03) Musetta Irina Dubrovskaya (16, 19, 24, 26,/02 – 1/03) Rosanna Lo Greco (17, 22, 25, 28/02 – 2/03) Benoît ⎮ Matteo Ferrara Alcindoro ⎮ Andrea Snarski La Fenice Choir & Orchestra Chorus Master ⎮ Claudio Marino Moretti La Fenice production english surtitles

Le convenienze e inconvenienze teatrali Presentation Set in the theatre of Brozzi, a suburb of Florence, it is a farcical foretaste of the Pirandello pièce on theatre within theatre. It is in fact the staging of rehearsals for a play with all the stereotypes imaginable: the primadonna soprano, the German tenor with an unpronounceable surname, the plagiarising composer, and an improbable baritone en travesti, Mamma Agata, who, singing in Neapolitan, threatens the composer in order to ensure that his daughter, the second woman, has the important role that she deserves. From the ludicrous suggestions of how to play violins and violas we knew at the end that the show eventually collapsed, and rather than pay back all the investors, whose money has already been spent, the company flees the town under cover of night. Le convenienze e inconvenienze teatrali (Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage) A farce in one act and two scenes Libretto by Domenico Gilardoni based on Le convenienze teatrali e Le inconvenienze teatrali by Antonio Simone Sografi Music by Gaetano Donizetti In collaboration with the “Luigi Cherubini” Music Conservatory, Florence Program Conductor Paolo Ponziano Ciardi Director Francesco Torrigiani Orchestra e Coro “Luigi Cherubini” di Firenze Choir director […]

COSÌ FAN TUTTE Dramma giocoso in due atti di Lorenzo Da Ponte musica di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (editore proprietario Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel rappresentante per l’Italia Casa Musicale Sonzogno di Piero Ostali, Milano) Fiordiligi Arianna Vendittelli Dorabella Lucia Cirillo Guglielmo, amante di Fiordiligi Thomas Tazl Ferrando amante di Dorabella Alessandro Scotto di Luzio Despina, cameriera di Fiordiligi e Dorabella Lavinia Bini Don Alfonso Carlo Lepore direttore Carla Delfrate regia Giorgio Ferrara scenografia e costumi Dante Ferretti e Francesca Lo Schiavo luci Daniele Nannuzzi Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini Coro del Teatro Municipale di Piacenza maestro del coro Corrado Casati coproduzione Spoleto59 Festival dei 2Mondi, Fondazione Teatro Coccia Novara Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna, Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza

Dramma lirico in quattro atti su libretto di Luigi Illica, Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva, Ruggero Leoncavallo. direttore  Giuseppe LA MALFA regia Pierfrancesco MAESTRINI maestro del coro  Fabrizio CASSI scene e costumi  Fiorella MARIANI disegno luci  Bruno CIULLI ORCHESTRA E CORO DEL TEATRO PETRUZZELLI Manon Lescaut Maria Pia PISCITELLI [4/7/9/12 mar] Tiziana CARUSO [6/8/10/13 mar] Renato De Grieux Francesco ANILE [4/7/9/12 mar] Sung Kyu PARK [6/8/10/13 mar] Lescaut  Leo AN [4/7/9/12 mar] Filippo POLINELLI [6/8/10/13 mar] Geronte di Ravoir Domenico COLAIANNI Edmondo Marco CIAPONI Un lampionaio  Murat CAN GUVEM Un musico  Elena TRAVERSI Un sergente degli arcieri Roberto MAIETTA sabato 4 marzo / ore 18.00 [turno A] lunedì 6 marzo / ore 20.30 [fuori abbonam.] martedì 7 marzo / ore 20.30 [turno B] mercoledì 8 marzo / ore 20.30 [fuori abbonam.] giovedì 9 marzo / ore 20.30 [turno D] venerdì 10 marzo / ore 20.30 [fuori abbonam.] domenica 12 marzo / ore 18.00 [turno C] lunedì 13 marzo / ore 20.30 [fuori abbonam.] Allestimento scenico della Fondazione Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Programme director: Davide Livermore conductor: Alberto Zedda music: Gioachino Rossini

Playbill Lyric dramma in four acts from the novel Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost Music by Giacomo Puccini Characters Cast Manon Lescaut soprano María José Siri Svetlana Kasyan (18, 21, 23) Chevalier Renato des Grieux, a student tenor Gregory Kunde Carlo Ventre (18, 21, 23) Lescaut, her brother and guardian, a sergeant in the King’s guard baritone Dalibor Jenis Geronte di Ravoir, Treasurer General bass Carlo Lepore Fabrizio Beggi (18, 21, 23) Edmondo, a student tenor Francesco Marsiglia Dance Master tenor Saverio Pugliese Singer mezzo-soprano Clarissa Leonardi Lamplighter tenor Cullen Gandy Sergeant of the Royal Archers and Innkeeper bass Dario Giorgelè Conductor Gianandrea Noseda Direction Vittorio Borrelli Sets Thierry Flamand Costumes Christian Gasc Lighting Andrea Anfossi Chorus master Claudio Fenoglio Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Regio Torino Staging Teatro Regio

Tosca Melodrama in 3 acts by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa Luigi Illica Music by Giacomo Puccini Teatro Filarmonico PRODUCTION Conductor Antonino Fogliani Direction, scenes and costumes Giovanni Agostinucci Choir Master Vito Lombardi Director of stage design Giuseppe de Filippi Venezia Staging Fondazione Arena di Verona Orchestra Chorus and Technicians of the Arena di Verona CAST Tosca Susanna Branchini/Monica Zanettin Mario Cavaradossi Murat Karahan/Mikheil Sheshaberidze Scarpia Giovanni Meoni/Boris Statsenko Il sagrestano Misha Khirie Angelotti tba Spoletta Antonello Ceron Sciarrone Dario Giorgelè Un carceriere tba Un pastore tba

dramma lirico in tre atti e cinque quadri libretto Giuseppe Adami e Renato Simoni, dalla fiaba teatrale omonima di Carlo Gozzi musica Giacomo Puccini versione originale incompiuta omaggio a Pinuccio Sciola personaggi e interpreti Turandot Susanna Branchini/Irina Rindzuner Timur Antonio Di Matteo/Mariano Buccino Il Principe Ignoto (Calaf) Rudy Park/Amadi Lagha Liù Olga Busuioc/Angela Nisi Ping Gocha Abuladze Pang Gregory Bonfatti Pong Massimiliano Chiarolla Un Mandarino Filippo Fontana Il Principe di Persia maestro concertatore e direttore Alpesh Chauhan Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Coro di voci bianche del Conservatorio Statale di Musica “Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina” di Cagliari maestro del coro Gaetano Mastroiaco maestro del coro di voci bianche Enrico Di Maira regia Pier Francesco Maestrini scene Pinuccio Sciola costumi Marco Nateri luci Simon Corder campionamenti audio e programmazione dell’ambiente esecutivo Marcellino Garau allestimento del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari

La scuola de’ gelosi Presentation Performed for the first time at the Teatro San Moisé in Venice in 1778, this comic opera became an immediate success and quickly spread throughout Europe. Caterino Mazzolà’s libretto was amended in 1783 by Lorenzo Da Ponte for a second version which was performed at the Burgtheatre in Vienna. As well as the traditional and entertaining amorous skirmishes between the characters which was typical of playful melodrama, the story is interesting as it involves figures of various social extract – aristocrats, the upper-classes and servants, a forbearer of situations which are to be found in the Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy. La scuola de’ gelosi A playful drama in two acts Libretto by Caterino Mazzolà Music by Antonio Salieri A new staging in co-production with the Teatro Pergolesi of Jesi, the Teatro Salieri of Legnago and the Teatro Marrucino of Chieti In collaboration with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Academy Artists Conductor Giovanni Battista Rigon Director Italo Nunziata Scenes Andrea Belli Costumes Valeria Donata Bettella Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Conte Bandiera Patrick Kabongo Mubenga Contessa Bandiera Francesca Longari Blasio Benjamin Cho Ernestina Eleonora Bellocci Lumaca Qianming Dou Carlotta Ana Victoria Pitts Il Tenente Manuel Amati

Verdi’s evergreen in the beautiful town of Palermo. Let’s feel sound, taste and orange blossom smell.

The Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Buy Starting from 10 € Presentation “The magic flute is a great allegory on the forces which humanity contends for”: with these words, the director Damiano Michieletto introduces this new staging, set in a school which opens itself to a physical journey of discovery and individual awareness. In this surreal allegory, “Tamino and Pamina, accompanied by the Papageno, who is illiterate but who understands the language of animals, live the conflict between religious and secular institutions (summed up in the conflict between the Queen of the Night and Sarastro) and open up to an individual discovery of affection and sexuality, of maturity seen as independence from their fathers”. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) Singspiel in two acts Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder with Karl Ludwig Giesecke Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A new staging in co-production with the Teatro La Fenice of Venice Artists Conductor Roland Böer Director Damiano Michieletto Scenes Paolo Fantin Costumes Carla Teti Light design Alessandro Carletti Video design Carmen Zimmermann/Roland Horvath Choir director Lorenzo Fratini Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Sarastro Goran Jurić Tamino Juan Francisco Gatell / Leonardo Cortellazzi Pamina Ekaterina Sadovnikova / Anna Gillingham Konigin der […]