Lighting Designer

A milestone in the history of musical theatre, Lucia di Lammermoor was born from the encounter between the sensibility of Italian melodrama and the gothic atmosphere of Walter Scott’s novel. Director Yannis Kokkos, who originally staged this production in 2023 under the baton of Riccardo Chailly, sees the opera as a ruthless hunt in which the victim is driven toward the depths of madness—evoked by Donizetti through the ethereal sound of the glass harmonica. The revival is entrusted to Speranza Scappucci, a conductor well-versed in bel canto, who made her La Scala debut with Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi. The cast features distinguished voices: alongside the leads—Rosa Feola, Pene Pati, and Boris Pinkhasovich—is Michele Pertusi as a commanding Raimondo.

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Lucia di Lammermoor

Teatro alla Scala

A milestone in the history of musical theater, born from the encounter between the sensibilities of Italian melodrama and the Gothic atmospheres of Walter Scott's novel, Lucia di Lammermoor is conceived by director Yannis Kokkos, who created this production in 2003 under the baton of Riccardo Chailly, as a merciless hunt whose victim is driven to the depths of madness, evoked by Donizetti with the diaphanous sound of the glass harmonica. The revival is entrusted to an expert conductor in bel canto, Speranza Scappucci, who made her debut at La Scala with Bellini's I Capuleti ei Montecchi .

La traviata

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Goethe's classic "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (The Sorrows of Young Werther)", an eighteenth-century novel depicting the anguish of love and heartbreak, has been read all over the world. Composed over a century after the novel, Jules Massenet's opera Werther adds French romantic passion to Goethe's text, bringing it even closer to the heart. The work has many memorable moments, from the dramatic overture to Charlotte's "Air des lettres" and Werther's soulful aria "Porquoi me réveiller?" The staging by Nicolas JOEL, first seen in 2016, faithfully recreates the atmosphere of the original story and places the focus on Werther's sentiments.

Werther

New National Theatre

Tosca

Carlo Felice Theater

In 17th-century Scotland, where irreconcilable clans clash, a young woman falls victim to her own family: a forced marriage will lead her to murder and madness. It is all the fever of romantic Bel Canto that ignites this dark masterpiece by Donizetti , sublimated by the emblematic production of Nicolas Joel, Ezio Frigerio and Franca Squarciapino . A double cast alternating between a star-studded cast and the most brilliant performers of the young generation.

Opéra National du Capitole

La Bayadère

Il balletto per antonomasia torna a grande richiesta al Teatro Filarmonico, dopo ben nove spettacoli sold-out nel 2024.

Lighting Designer

Vinicio Cheli

Events

Upcoming events

21 - 30 Jun, 2026

La traviata · Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Jun 26 - Jul 17, 2026

Lucia di Lammermoor · Teatro alla Scala

Jun 26 - Jul 17, 2026

Lucia di Lammermoor · Teatro alla Scala

13 - 31 Dec, 2026

Il Lago dei Cigni · Fondazione Arena di Verona

Past events

Jun 26 - Jul 17, 2026

Lucia di Lammermoor · Teatro alla Scala

Jun 26 - Jul 17, 2026

Lucia di Lammermoor · Teatro alla Scala

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