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Set-up in co-production with Teatro Verdi di Pisa, Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna, Teatro Galli di Rimini, Teatro Pavarotti-Freni di Modena, Teatro Goldoni di Livorno, Teatro Valli di Reggio Emilia, Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova

Macbeth

Carlo Felice Theater

Madama Butterfly

Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi

On the fiftieth anniversary of Shostakovich's death, La Scala opens its season with his masterpiece, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District , based on Nikolai Leskov's story in which a young bride, with the complicity of her lover, kills her husband and tyrannical father-in-law, but is discovered and ends up committing suicide in Siberia, betrayed by all. After its debut in St. Petersburg, the opera, which was intended to be the first chapter of a trilogy on the condition of women in Russia, was enormously successful at home and abroad. Stalin attended a performance in Moscow in 1936; two days later, the famous criticism in Pravda, titled "Chaos Instead of Music," appeared, decrying both the opera and the composer. Years later, Shostakovich prepared a new version, which premiered in Moscow in 1963 under the title Katarina Izmailova , after Superintendent Ghiringhelli had unsuccessfully attempted to secure its premiere at La Scala. Today, the Theatre presents the 1934 version, conducted by Maestro Chailly and featuring the debut of director Vasily Barkhatov.

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A Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

Teatro alla Scala

A scandalous novel by Abbé Prévost from 18th century Paris tells of the "amour fou" between the young noble Chevalier Des Grieux and the bourgeois girl Manon Lescaut. Both violate morality and law in the name of love and become the most famous couple of their era. Manon is torn between a passionate love and her desire for a life of wealth and security. On the way to the convent, she is matched with a wealthy man by her brother but elopes with her lover. In the house of the wealthy Geronte, to which she returns, she is regarded merely as an attraction, yet choosing the loving Des Grieux and leaving everything behind proves difficult for her. During an escape attempt, she is arrested as a thief and sentenced to exile in the American colonies. Des Grieux, who attempts in vain to save her, follows her into exile, where their shared path ultimately ends in the desert. A tragic love story where love finds no place to unfold. The year 1893 marks a turning point for Italian opera: the 80-year-old Giuseppe Verdi retires from the stage with his last opera FALSTAFF. At the same time, there is no longer any doubt as to who will be his successor: with MANON LESCAUT, Giacomo Puccini experiences his first global success and creates a new Italian opera that reflects the spirit of the age: the emotions are intense and torn, the forms are free, the acts follow one another episodically and obey only the laws of passion. Puccini pays homage to the 18th century in the score, yet the fascination that Richard Wagner's music had on him is particularly felt with particular compulsion in this opera. Richness of colour, dramatic expressiveness, and emotive cantilenas make MANON LESCAUT a very special Italian opera work, with the most demanding tenor role Puccini ever wrote. The new General Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada opens his first season at the podium of the Gürzenich Orchestra with this premiere. Carlos Wagner, a director of international standing, makes his debut in Cologne with MANON LESCAUT.

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Vasyl Solodkyy

Events

Upcoming events

15 - 24 May, 2026

Macbeth · Opera Carlo Felice Genova

Past events

15 - 24 May, 2026

Macbeth · Opera Carlo Felice Genova

2 - 12 Apr, 2026

Madama Butterfly · Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste

Future and recently performed repertoire

Macduff in Macbeth by Verdi

Opera Carlo Felice Genova

Edmond in Manon Lescaut by Puccini

Oper Köln

F.B. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly by Puccini

Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste

A teacher in A Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Shostakovich

Teatro alla Scala

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