Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Since the 19th century, La Scala Theater Orchestra has played important roles outside its main function of accompanying operas at the city's La Scala Opera House. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the orchestra has been led at one time or another by most of Italy's most prestigious conductors.
La Scala Theater Orchestra (Italian: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala) was recognized for its exceptional quality as it performed at the world premiere of operas by Rossini and Verdi in the 19th century, originally with the first violinist, or, in the very early years, the harpsichordist, as the leader. The orchestra's first conductor was Alberto Mazzucato, who ascended the podium in 1854. His successor Franco Faccio instituted independent concerts in 1872, and the orchestra appeared in Paris during the Exposition Universelle in 1878, one of the first major world's fairs. That triumph led to the establishment of a Società Orchestrale della Scala, which put the group on a firmer institutional footing. Offering two concert seasons annually, the orchestra stimulated the growth of instrumental music in Italy, formerly heavily dominated by opera. The orchestra became self-governing in 1920, under the name Ente Autonomo del Teatro alla Scala. It engaged Arturo Toscanini as its conductor in 1920; he took the group on tour internationally, enlarged it to 100 members (it now boasts 135), and greatly raised its profile in the larger musical world. Toscanini remained music director until 1929 and was followed by some of the top conductors of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Victor de Sabata, Carlo Maria Giulini (principal conductor from 1954 to 1956, with many later appearances and recordings), Claudio Abbado (who led a reorganization that officially named the group the Philharmonic Orchestra of La Scala), Riccardo Muti (1987-2006), Daniel Barenboim, and, as of the early 2020s, Riccardo Chailly. The roster of guest conductors who have appeared over the years reads like a list of legends, including Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, and Valery Gergiev.
The orchestra's recording catalog stretches back into the 78 rpm era (digital reissues of some of its recordings under Toscanini are available on the RCA label) and includes some of the most famous opera recordings of all time. Under Barenboim, the orchestra recorded Verdi's Requiem for Decca in 2013 and has issued several other recordings of non-operatic works, including an album of Respighi's orchestral music under Chailly in 2020.
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Bellini La Sonnambula
Maria Callas, Antonino Votto, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 01-01-1979
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Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda
Ópera - Editado por Urania Records el 01-10-2014
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La Bohème - Highlights
Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Riccardo Chailly
Clásica - Editado por Decca el 01-01-2008
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Verdi Choruses
Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Riccardo Chailly
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 17-02-2023
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Ponchielli: La Gioconda, Op. 9
Maria Callas, Antonino Votto, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 19-08-1997
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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Antonio Pedrotti, Alceo Galliera
Clásica - Editado por Naxos el 02-10-2012
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Flieg, Gedanke... - Beliebte Opernchöre
Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado, Herbert von Karajan
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 01-01-1988
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Cherubini: Medea
Maria Callas, Renata Scotto, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 01-01-1957
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Maria Callas: The Myth
Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Maria Callas, Herbert von Karajan
Ópera - Editado por Hit Maker Ltd el 01-01-2014
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Verdi · rigoletto
Carlo Bergonzi, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rafael Kubelik, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Clásica - Editado por G.O.P. el 27-03-2023
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut (1957 - Serafin) - Callas Remastered
Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 01-01-1959
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Verdi: Aïda
Maria Chiara, Luciano Pavarotti, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Lorin Maazel
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 01-01-1969
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Wagner: Die Walküre (Remaster)
Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Ópera - Editado por Nar Classical el 27-02-2024
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Verdi : Il Trovatore
Ettore Bastianini, Antonietta Stella, Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 01-01-1963
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Verdi Rigoletto
Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 01-01-1956
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Symphonies from Tartini, Cherubini, Respighi & Verdi
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
Clásica - Editado por Ermitage Rc el 19-05-2020
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
Carlo Tagliabue, Maria Callas, Gino Penno, Ebe Stignani, Antonino Votto, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Clásica - Editado por NAR International el 17-09-2012
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Verdi: Opera Choruses
Riccardo Muti, Mirella Freni, Dolora Zajick, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 01-01-1992
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Verdi : Un ballo in maschera (Live, Milan 1957)
Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 01-01-1993
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Verdi: Opera Choruses
Mirella Freni, Dolora Zajick, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Riccardo Muti
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 01-01-1992
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Boito · Mefistofele
Nicolaï Ghiaurov, Carlo Bergonzi, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Clásica - Editado por G.O.P. el 24-04-2023
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