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Milan and the Lakes : Top 10 La Scala Premieres

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1. L’Europa Riconosciuta (1778)

Salieri’s bellicose but lighthearted opera opened La Scala on 3 August 1778.
2. La Pietra del Paragone (1812)

Rossini’s work signalled La Scala’s shift from comic opera and Neo-Classical works to Romantic melodrama.
3. Chiara e Serafina (1822)

The first of many fun-loving Donizetti premieres.
4. Norma (1831)

Of Bellini’s three La Scala premieres, the most famous is Norma , a Druid-Roman love triangle that ends badly.
5. Nabucco (1842)

Verdi would become La Scala’s greatest home-grown composer, but he suffered two flops before this hit.
6. Mefistofele (1868)

Boito’s first great success led to a collaboration with Verdi that produced Otello in 1887 and Falstaff in 1893.
7. Aïda (1872)

After a long absence from La Scala, Verdi offered this Egyptian melodrama.
8. Madame Butterfly (1904)

Puccini’s tale of enduring love between a Japanese geisha and an American soldier.
9. Turandot (1926)

Puccini struck lucky again with exotic Asian fare – and, for once, a happy(ish) ending.
10. The Rake’s Progress (1951)

Under Toscanini’s direction, La Scala started opening up to foreign works, including this Stravinsky classic.