For Franco Zeffirelli’s 90th birthday, a dedication from the Amici della Scala

12 February 2013

In the book we dedicated to the Maestro, Zeffirelli alla Scala, our President Anna Crespi wrote: “Zeffirelli has expressed his inspiration in all forms of entertainment, with unwavering respect for each different text staged or recreated on screens… From his artistic personality and love of musical text have sprung the innumerable inventions of atmospheres, settings, […]

“Prima delle prime” series: 20 September, Puccini’s “La bohème”

17 September 2012

On Thursday 20 September 2012, from 6pm, in the Arturo Toscanini foyer at La Scala theatre, the eleventh appointment of the “Prima delle prime” series in the 2011/2012 season will be dedicated to La Bohème, the renowed opera written by Giacomo Puccini and first performed in Turin in 1896, conducted by a young Arturo Toscanini. A […]