https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Emotions are running high in Milan as the city’s famed La Scala opera house prepares to reopen to a smaller-than-usual audience on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.it/20210510/milans-la-scala-opera-house-to-reopen-to-public-after-six-months Mon, 10 May 2021 18:39:20 +0200 milans-la-scala-opera-house-to-reopen-to-public-after-six-months The opera world paid tribute over the weekend to Italian tenor Marcello Giordani, who died of a heart attack at his home in Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20191007/a-tenor-with-a-golden-voice-opera-world-mourns-italian-singer-marcello-giordani Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:20:39 +0200 a-tenor-with-a-golden-voice-opera-world-mourns-italian-singer-marcello-giordani Woody Allen is making his debut at Milan's legendary La Scala opera house directing a Puccini production before a European audience apparently unswayed by historic sex abuse allegations. https://www.thelocal.it/20190703/woody-allen-debuts-at-milans-la-scala Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:09:08 +0200 woody-allen-debuts-at-milans-la-scala Milan's La Scala will refund money it received from Saudi Arabia after anger over a deal which assured the country a place on the board, the world-famous opera house's president said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190318/la-scala-opera-house-to-return-saudi-money Mon, 18 Mar 2019 17:03:09 +0100 la-scala-opera-house-to-return-saudi-money A proposal to use €15 million in Saudi Arabian government funds for Milan's La Scala opera house came under fire on Tuesday because of anger over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. https://www.thelocal.it/20190305/a-slap-in-the-face-for-human-rights-should-la-scala-take-saudi-money Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:22:56 +0100 a-slap-in-the-face-for-human-rights-should-la-scala-take-saudi-money Young people will soon be able to get a seat at Italy's finest opera houses for just €2, as part of a new initiative designed to broaden Italians' access to culture. https://www.thelocal.it/20180919/italy-2-euro-opera-tickets-18-25 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:58:25 +0200 italy-2-euro-opera-tickets-18-25 Woody Allen, embroiled in revived sex abuse allegations, will take part in the 2018-19 season of Milan's La Scala when he directs his version of a Puccini comic opera, the head of the celebrated opera house said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180531/woody-allen-puccini-opera-gianni-schicci-milan-la-scala Thu, 31 May 2018 19:36:47 +0200 woody-allen-puccini-opera-gianni-schicci-milan-la-scala Milan's La Scala opens its 2016-17 season Wednesday with a performance of Madame Butterfly in its original version for the first time since the famous opera's controversial 1904 premiere. https://www.thelocal.it/20161207/original-madame-butterfly-opens-in-milan-112-years-later Wed, 07 Dec 2016 15:34:16 +0100 original-madame-butterfly-opens-in-milan-112-years-later A Milanese theatre based on the design of the city's Teatro alla Scala opera house has reopened its doors after 32 years in disrepair. https://www.thelocal.it/20161122/piccola-scala-opens-in-milan-theatre-culture-scene Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:25:14 +0100 piccola-scala-opens-in-milan-theatre-culture-scene US director Sofia Coppola is teaming up with the British designer behind the Batman trilogy for a new production of the Italian opera "La Traviata", with costumes by fashion king Valentino. https://www.thelocal.it/20160209/sofia-coppola-teams-up-with-batman-designer-for-la-traviata Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:08:08 +0100 sofia-coppola-teams-up-with-batman-designer-for-la-traviata A long obscure Gioacchino Rossini opera set in Syria will be performed for the first time in the United States at New York's Caramoor summer festival. https://www.thelocal.it/20160128/long-obscure-rossini-opera-on-syria-set-to-open-in-us Thu, 28 Jan 2016 09:52:20 +0100 long-obscure-rossini-opera-on-syria-set-to-open-in-us Malaysian tycoon and performing arts lover Tan Sri Francis Yeoh has given Rome's struggling opera house one million euros ($1.1 million), the opera said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150626/billionare-gives-rome-opera-one-million-euros Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:03:53 +0200 billionare-gives-rome-opera-one-million-euros The glamourous season opener at Milan's Scala opera house was marred on Sunday by clashes between riot police and protesters which left two wounded. https://www.thelocal.it/20141208/riot-police-clash-with-protesters-at-la-scala-opening-night Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:21:00 +0100 riot-police-clash-with-protesters-at-la-scala-opening-night Rome's debt-ridden Opera said on Tuesday it had saved the jobs of its choristers and musicians by signing a deal with trade unions which includes pay cuts and a pledge to end strikes. https://www.thelocal.it/20141118/rome-opera-deal-to-save-musicians-jobs Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:32:00 +0100 rome-opera-deal-to-save-musicians-jobs The passionate letters of the great Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, which shed light on his complicated love life, have been revealed ahead of an auction in London. https://www.thelocal.it/20141107/opera-legend-enrico-carusos-love-letters-revealed Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:57:00 +0100 opera-legend-enrico-carusos-love-letters-revealed Italian conductor Riccardo Muti has thrown in the towel as the primary conductor of the Rome Opera after six years, amid funding problems and strikes, Italy's media reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140922/italian-conductor-muti-quits-rome-opera Mon, 22 Sep 2014 10:34:00 +0200 italian-conductor-muti-quits-rome-opera Licia Albanese, an Italian-American soprano who for more than a quarter century starred at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, has died at age 105, her family said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140819/italian-opera-star-albanese-dies-at-age-105 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:57:00 +0200 italian-opera-star-albanese-dies-at-age-105 Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi, renowned for his virtuosity in Verdi operas, has died in Milan, the ANSA news agency reported Saturday. He was 90. https://www.thelocal.it/20140727/italian-opera-star-bergonzi-dies-at-90 Sun, 27 Jul 2014 13:03:00 +0200 italian-opera-star-bergonzi-dies-at-90 The soon-to-be director of La Scala opera house in Milan said on Friday he will prove he is "no donkey" after getting caught up in a conflict of interest row. https://www.thelocal.it/20140516/opera-boss-in-italy-row-says-he-is-no-donkey Fri, 16 May 2014 13:52:00 +0200 opera-boss-in-italy-row-says-he-is-no-donkey Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, whose stellar career took him to La Scala in Milan, the Berlin Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera and was widely loved for his humane, gentle manner, died on Monday at the age of 80. https://www.thelocal.it/20140120/italian-conductor-claudio-abbado-dies-aged-80 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:17:00 +0100 italian-conductor-claudio-abbado-dies-aged-80