La Scala 1778

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri / Simionato, Valletti, Teatro alla Scala - Carlo Maria Giulini

2 CD / La Scala 1778 / 2012-07-31

Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra

L'Italiana in Algeri went on stage at La Scala on the 4th of March 1953 and was recorded the following year in the studio set...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Gabriella Tucci, Carlo Bergonzi, Teatro alla Scala (rec. 1964)

2 CD / La Scala 1778 / 2012-07-31

Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra

The decision to choose Il Trovatore for the tournée of La Scala in Moscow once again confirmed the importance of the Verdi title. On that...continue...

Callas alla Scala, Vol. 1 Belcanto - arias of Rossini, Donizetti et al. / Maria Callas, soprano

1 CD / La Scala 1778 / 2012-07-31

Conductors:
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Orchestra

From the most important stage in the world come the masterpieces that have made la scala theatre the legend it is today. Included in this...continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

2 CD / La Scala 1778 / 2012-06-26

Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra

Turandot, Giacomo Puccini's final opera, made its debut posthumously at La Scala on the 25th of April 1926. Arturo Toscanini was on the podium and...continue...

Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Maria Callas, Gianni Raimondi, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

2 CD / La Scala 1778 / 2012-06-26

Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra

In 1957 Donizetti's Anna Bolena marked the first modern opera execution at La Scala and the title pushed its way straight into the repertory. The...continue...

Puccini: La Fanciulla Del West (1956) / Gigliola Frazzoni, Franco Corelli [CD+Book]

2 CD / La Scala 1778 / 2012-05-29

Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This opera was performed for the first time one hundred years ago, on the 10th of December 1910, at the Metropolitan in New York, with...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata (1956) / Maria Callas, Gianni Raimondi [CD+Book]

2 CD / La Scala 1778 / 2012-05-29

Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala

La Scala, 1956 - On the 19th of January Maria Callas returned to La Scala in the role of Violetta. Following the success of the...continue...

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Schwarzkopf, Merriman, Cantelli (1956) [CD+Book]

2 CD / La Scala 1778 / 2012-04-24

Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Orchestra

1956: Cosi Fan Tutte - The solemn start to the Mozart bicentenary celebrations, the reopening of La Piccola Scala, was also the operatic debut at...continue...

Garpare Spontini: La Vestale (1954) / Callas, Corelli, Votto [CD+Book]

2 CD / La Scala 1778 / 2012-04-24

Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Orchestra

1954: La Vestale - La Vestale with Maria Callas is a document of extraordinary historical and musical value. On opening night, the 7th of December...continue...