The Scala Theatre of Milan

Milan, piazza della Scala. Important places and symbols of this city also hide unknown stories. During a stay in the city of Milan, can you miss a visit to the Teatro alla Scala? Absolutely not. Lights, marbles, statues by Bellini, Verdi, Donizzetti, Rossini, a suggestive splendor. 1766 the year of the construction of the Teatro alla Scala which was born on the ashes of the Ducal Theater, a reconstruction strongly desired by the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. The first work represented? Antonio Salieri’s Recognized Europe. Since then it has been the symbolic place of Italian melodrama, but also of high society and sometimes of disputes. A theater that is unique in the world for its history, yes, but also for its technology. La Scala is not only the prestigious opera house, but it is one of the symbols of the ability of Italian culture to give birth, renew and experience everything that is entirely connected to its national and popular ideals. By opting for a Scala Theatre Guided Tour, you will have the opportunity, thanks to the stories of a certified local tourist guide, to enter the heart of a splendor that hides hidden wonders and treasures. You will walk in the long and decorated corridors, you will visit the stage from which Maria Theresa of Austria attended the Opera, you will thoroughly study the technologies and behind the scenes that allow each show to be unique and wonderful. Let the lights, the glitz, the gold of the balconies and the red of the curtains amaze you. A visit to the Teatro della Scala that will not be easy to forget.

Things to know about Scala Theatre

La Scala has always been and continues to be one of the most important opera houses in the world, the largest center of Italian opera, a great artistic and cultural center, one of those lighthouses and symbols of living culture that are rare in all eras and therefore enormously precious. World model, La Scala has always exerted an enormous influence in the field of opera, bringing together over its 200 years the great conductors, singers and sometimes even the great entrepreneurs of the world, demonstrating what in fact can be achieved with that extraordinary form of d ‘ art called Opera. La Scala was always considered, in its two centenary life, the home of music, of tradition, of many musical geniuses, of many impulses and many hopes. Perhaps no theater in the world had as much artistic success as the Teatro alla Scala which Maria Teresa had built by Piermarini in a Milan with a few tens of thousands of inhabitants and which was immediately conceived as a particularly gifted theater. The Teatro alla Scala has reached in its long life moments of splendor and artistic vitality such as to be considered the most prestigious opera house in the world. Characters such as Toscanini, Maria Callas, Luchino Visconti, Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, contributed to maintaining an indisputable world record at La Scala after the war. The Teatro alla Scala continues to have its great splendor for the love of its city and its workers. Capacity for renewal and inventiveness, a strong spiritual and cultural resistance. This is the long history of La Scala.