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Teatro alla Scala


  • Address: Pza della Scala
  • Vicinity: Via Santa Margherita, Tram: S Margherita Scala
  • Neighborhood of Centro Storico Milano in Milan
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1776/00/00 Giuseppe Piermarini Architect Giuseppe Piermarini's design for a new 3,000 seat theatre to replace the Teatro Regio Ducale which burned down, is approved by Empress Maria Theresa.
1778/08/03 Antonio Salieri Composer La Scala opens with Antonio Salieri's opera "L'Europa riconosciuta" with a libretto by Mattia Verazi.
1831/12/26 Vincenzo Bellini Composer Vincenzo Bellini's Norma opera premieres, Teatro alla Scala, Milan Norma
1874/05/25 Alessandro Manzoni In Memoriam Verdi conducts his Requiem at La Scala. Soloists include Ormondo Maini, Giuseppe Capponi, Maria Waldmann and Teresa Stolz. Requiem for Alessandro Manzoni (Verdi)
1874/05/25 Giuseppe Verdi Conductor Verdi conducts his Requiem at La Scala. Soloists include Ormondo Maini, Giuseppe Capponi, Maria Waldmann and Teresa Stolz. Requiem for Alessandro Manzoni (Verdi)
1881/03/24 Giuseppe Verdi Composer Verdi's revised Simon Boccanegra opera, including the Council Chamber scene, premieres at La Scala Simon Boccanegra
1887/02/05 Giuseppe Verdi Composer Verdi's Otello opera premieres at La Scala Otello
1904/02/17 Giacomo Puccini Composer "Madama Butterfly", an opera in two acts, premieres at La Scala in Milan featuring soprano Rosina Storchio, tenor Giovanni Zenatello and baritone Giuseppe De Luca in lead roles. Madama Butterfly (opera)
1907/00/00 Teatro alla Scala is remodel into its current design with 1,987 seats.
1926/04/25 Giacomo Puccini Composer "Turandot", an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, makes its world premiere at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Turandot
1950/04/12 At her the Scala debut in "Aida", the audiences response is so cold that Maria Callas leaves the stage without finishing the opera. Aida

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Particulars for Teatro alla Scala:
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Entertainment - Recreation
Building Design Opera House
Area of Significance Performing Arts
Area of Significance Social History
Area of Significance Theatre




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