Oberto was Verdi's first staged operas and was heard for the first time at La Scala, Milan in November 1839. As a young and unknown composer, Verdi was subject to the rules governing the opera...
The Milan Otello traditionally opens the Scala season and did so in 2001 on 7 December, but at the same time it was the farewell production before the start of the three-year renovation of the house...
Take super-tenor Rolando Villaz?n, baritone legend Thomas Hampson and the fast-rising baton star Yannick N?zet-S?guin. Add one of the world's greatest orchestras, a summer's night on Munich's...