La Scala to Present Operas in US Movie Theaters, Beginning Dec. 2 with Aida
By Matthew Westphal
06 Nov 2007
With the Metropolitan Opera's Saturday afternoon movie theater broadcasts having been such a success so far, other major companies have been exploring similar projects. Milan's celebrated Teatro alla Scala is now set to offer high-definition screenings of seven operas over the course of this season, beginning next month with last December's headline-making Aida.
"Cinema alla Scala" (our name, not theirs) begins December 2 with Verdi's Aida, in the lavish staging by Franco Zeffirelli that opened La Scala's 2006-07 season last December. This is, of course, the production in which the Radames, Roberto Alagna, angrily left the stage during the second performance; the recording is made from opening night, the only one Alagna completed. Soprano Violeta Urmana sings the title role, with mezzo Ildikó Komlosi as Amneris; Riccardo Chailly conducts La Scala's orchestra, chorus and ballet company.
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