Article: Top opera tenor to star in local church concert ; He was the first British singer to take the lead role at the world famous La Scala opera house and Placido Domingo personally invited him to sing in America.

Article: The Curtain Closes in Milan; Famed La Scala Theater Shutting Down for Renovations
The Washington Post;  December 9, 2001 ;     660 words ...Spanish tenor Placido Domingo brought down the house as Othello at La Scala in a triumphant opening night...tiers, cheered Domingo and La Scala director Riccardo Muti...desperation, was first performed at La Scala in 1887. At the end of the...

Article: Tenors' Concert, La Scala Move To Center Stage
The Washington Post;  March 24, 1991 ;     577 words ......Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo joined to sing a wide selection...even for a non-opera buff is "La Scala" (63 mins., $29.95). This...Arturo Toscanini and the La Scala Ballet. The second in...trilogy is "Great Arias With Placido Domingo and Friends" (46 ...

Article: La Scala's almost finished renovation to allow more opera productions
AP Worldstream;  July 8, 2004 ;     538 words ......Italy Digging deeper and soaring skyward, La Scala's bitterly contested renovation has added...performances to meet growing demand for seats, La Scala officials said Thursday. Nearly three years after La Scala Theater shut its doors for the expansion...

Article: Conductor Barenboim to be principal guest conductor at Milan's La Scala for 5-6 years
AP Worldstream;  May 15, 2006 ;     661 words ......Conductor Daniel Barenboim will become La Scala's principal guest conductor in a collaboration...two of Europe's oldest opera houses at La Scala with Verdi's Requiem Mass in November...two opera productions each season for La Scala, beginning with Wagner's "Tristan und...

Article: Inside La Scala: Temple of music or temple of doom?
Opera News;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...There was a time when La Scala figured crucially in the careers of...walking to lunch on my first day at La Scala. "Where is your overcoat?" he asked...Gypsies would have gotten my pass to La Scala! It had been stamped just a few days...

Article: Renovation of La Scala piques some, but the show goes on at opera's temporary home
AP Worldstream;  July 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ......drama is playing out behind the scenes at La Scala as it undergoes a major renovation, and...opera house. With restoration under way on La Scala _ and the stage already gutted _ preservationists...legal action comes nearly six months after La Scala was closed to the public for a ...

Article: La Scala Unveils New Season, Theater
AP Online;  July 18, 2002 ;     394 words ...00-00-0000 MILAN, Italy (AP) _ La Scala has chosen for next season to offer an untraditional...number of new and seldom-performed opera titles, La Scala officials said Thursday. Iphigenie en Aulide...feast day of Milan's patron saint, Ambrose. La Scala artistic director Paolo Arca ...

Article: 'Why us?' cry artists as Berlusconi slashes budget at La Scala opera house
The Sunday Telegraph London;  November 6, 2005 ;     469 words ......WORD chorus is rising up from Milan's La Scala opera house, albeit sung sotto voce...last month, Mr Berlusconi singled out La Scala for attack as a prime example of wasteful...opera houses. Mr Berlusconi told MPs that La Scala employed 1,000 people "when 400 would...

Article: Miner's son invited to sing 'Otello' by Placido Domingo
The Independent - London;  January 8, 2008 ;     370 words ......Otello in Los Angeles at the invitation of Placido Domingo is unlikely to have formed part of either...in decades to open the new season at La Scala in Milan - home to the world's most demanding...Barenboim, who led the orchestra in the La Scala production, said: "He is a real, ...

Article: Operatic chorus of disapproval as Milan turns La Scala into rubble
Scotland on Sunday;  December 8, 2002 ;     526 words ......expect to see acted out on the stage of La Scala. The latest developments in the controversial...building in Milan. The building site at La Scala had been hidden from the public gaze since...out of town rubbish tip. Carla Fracci, La Scala's former prima ballerina, said she wept...

Article: Cusine Journey; Viva La Scala.
Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  January 25, 2000 ;     500 words ......the pinnacles of French Cuisine in Seoul, the ``La Scala'' restaurant. ``La Scala' s Italian', I hear you say and you would be correct. The name is taken from the La Scala theatre in It ly. After the owner visited it he...

Article: Backstage's a big hole, seats are missing, but La Scala promising to be ready for opening night
AP Worldstream;  July 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ......and wires poke out from everywhere. But La Scala's renovation, which has shut down the...foreign correspondents on a tour Thursday, La Scala and city officials insisted that the theater...on decorative winged lions and leafing. La Scala's hotly contested, euro55 million (US...

Article: La Scala opera house a shell as renovation hits one-year mark marred by court protests
AP Worldstream;  February 2, 2003 ;     665 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: MILAN, Italy The walls of La Scala's spectator boxes have been stripped of...backstage used to be. The first year of La Scala's three-year, 50 million euro (US$54 million...the construction site _ the first since La Scala shut its doors on Dec. 30, 2001 _ that...

Article: La Scala accuses Royal Opera of `dirty tricks'
The Independent on Sunday;  September 26, 2004 ;     417 words ......House in London was accused by Milan's La Scala of issuing misleading statements in an...over a joint production of a Verdi opera. La Scala issued a detailed list of correspondence...Forza del Destino next month, which led La Scala to refuse to allow its name to be associated...