In Milan, a special performance at the Opera prison has featured instruments made from smugglers' boats that brought migrants ...

Shostakovich opera opens 2025-26 season in Milan Opening performance sold out, tickets costing up to 3,200 euros Director says politics and culture should be kept separate MILAN, Dec 7 (Reuters) - La ...

He appeared regularly at the Metropolitan Opera and sang in major European opera houses, but a stage accident in 2005 nearly ended his career. By Adam Nossiter Milan’s famed opera house is cracking ...

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MILAN, Dec 7 (Reuters) - La Scala opens its new season on Sunday with Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, an opera promoting women's rights that was once ...

Banned for decades in the Soviet Union for its dissonance and bawdiness, the opera returns as La Scala’s season opener amid the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death. By A.J. Goldmann The Italian ...