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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Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan
Ópera - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 11/05/2018
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Verdi: Il trovatore
Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 1/01/1956
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Amata dalle tenebre
Anna Netrebko, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Riccardo Chailly
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 5/11/2021
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Luigi Cherubini : Medea (1957) - Callas Remastered
Maria Callas, Renata Scotto, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 1/01/1957
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Verdi: Aida
Maria Callas, Richard Tucker, Fedora Barbieri, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 1/01/1956
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 1/01/1955
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 K. 488; Piano Sonata K. 333
Vladimir Horowitz, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Carlo Maria Giulini
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1/01/1987
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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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Puccini: Tosca (1953 - de Sabata) - Callas Remastered
Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Victor De Sabata
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 19/08/1997
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Ponchielli: La Gioconda, Op. 9
Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 1/01/1959
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1/01/1977
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Bellini: I puritani (1953 - Serafin) - Callas Remastered
Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 1/01/2006
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Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana
Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1/01/1953
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Bellini: Norma
Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 1/01/1961
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Puccini: Tosca
Maria Callas, Victor De Sabata, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 4/11/2003
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Wagner: Das Rheingold by Wilhelm Furtwängler at Milan (2023 Remastered, Milan 1950)
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Milano
Ópera - Editado por Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording el 18/07/2023
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Bellini: Norma by Maria Callas (2023 Remastered, Milan 1954)
Maria Callas, Tullio Serafin, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Ópera - Editado por Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording el 1/01/1961
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Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Maria Callas, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 1/01/1955
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Verdi : Opera Choruses
Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 1/01/2001
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Puccini: La bohème
Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 14/07/1987
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Bellini: Norma
Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 1/01/1961
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