La Scala Comes to Australia

Bringing the magic of the world’s most famous opera house to the big screen!

The legendary magic and tradition of La Scala (Teatro alla Scala), the most famous opera house in history, can finally be experienced without traveling to Italy through the La Scala Opera Series screening at Greater Union, Birch Carroll & Coyle and Village Cinemas across Australia.

La Scala Opera Series offers the spectacle and drama of classic opera productions performed by today’s leading international opera singers, filmed in stunning Digital High Definition with the highest quality Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and brought to life on the big screen.

From 26 April, La Scala Opera Series will begin with the production of Giuseppi Verdi’s classic La Traviata, directed and designed by the great Italian opera maestro Franco Zeffirelli. Six additional classic operatic productions also slated for the big screen are; Verdi's AIDA (La Scala) 17/18 May, Donizetti's Maria Stuarda (La Scala) 7/8/June, Puccini's La Rondine (Teatro La Fenice) 28/29 June, Verdi's La Forza del Destino (Maggio Musicale) 19/20 July, Puccini's Il Trittico (La Scala) 9/10 August and Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (La Scala) 30/31 August.

"La Scala Opera Series is for lovers of music, lovers of film and lovers of dramatic entertainment. The quality of these performances is amazing in production, direction and most importantly, sound." Said Ross Entwistle, Managing Director of AHL Entertainment. "With the atmosphere of the greatest opera theatre in the world, La Scala Opera Series offers audiences the added dimension of getting up close and personal to drama and the singers as they perform in some of the world's best loved opera classics."

Each opera production in the La Scala Opera Series will screen at 2.00pm on a Saturday and Sunday and 10:30am on Wednesday at Village Cinemas Jam Factory, Southland and Rivoli Cinemas.

PRODUCTION AND CAST INFORMATION

LA TRAVIATA - 26/27 April
La Scala, by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Liliana Cavani.
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Design: Dante Ferretti
Costumes: Gabriella Pescucci
Cast: Angela Gheorghiu | Ramon Vargas | Roberto Frontali
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AIDA - 17/18 May
La Scala, by Giuseppe Verdi, directed and designed by Franco Zeffirelli.
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Costumes: Maurizio Millenotti
Cast: Ildiko Komlosi | Violeta Urmana | Roberto Alagna | Giorgio Giuseppini
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MARIA STUARDA - 7/8/11 June
La Scala, by Gaetano Donizetti, directed, designed and costumed by Pier Luigi Pizzi.
Conductor: Antonino Fogliani
Cast: Mariella Devia | Anna Caterina
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LA RONDINE - 28/29 June and 2 July
Teatro La Fenice, Venice, directed by Graham Vick.
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Design: Peter J. Davison
Cast: Fiorenza Cedolins | Massimo Giordano
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LA FORZA DEL DESTINO - 19/20/23 July
Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence, by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Nicolas Joel.
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Design: Ezio Frigerio
Costumes: Franca Squarciapino
Cast: Violeta Urmana | Carlo Guelfi | Marcello Giordani | Julia Gertseva
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TRISTAN UND ISOLDE - 30/31 August and 3 September
La Scala, by Richard Wagner, directed by Patrice Chéreau.
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Design: Richard Peduzzi
Cast: Ian Storey | Waltraud Meier | Michelle De Young | Gerd Grokowski | Matti Salminen | Will Hartmann
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