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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Wagner: Siegfried (Remaster)
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
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Pavarotti – The Opera Collection 7: Verdi: Luisa Miller (Live in Milan, 1976)
Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Piero Cappuccilli, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 6 may. 2003
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588 (Live)
Ópera - Editado por Datum el 21 sep. 2018
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I preludi le sinfonie i cori e i ballabili di Verdi
Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Ópera - Editado por Map Golden el 15 ene. 2011
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Tchaikovsky: La Dama Di Picche (Remaster)
Nino Sanzogno, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Leyla Gencer, Antonio Annaloro
Ópera - Editado por Nar Classical el 1 mar. 2024
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Conductor's Gallery, Vol. 13: Clemens Krauss
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Clemens Krauss
Clásica - Editado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. el 25 ago. 2023
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Puccini · la fanciulla del west
Birgit Nilsson, Andrea Mongelli, Lovro von Matacic, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Clásica - Editado por G.O.P. el 1 ene. 1972
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Gioconda (La) (La Scala) (1931)
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Camilla Rota, Ebe Stignani, Milan La Scala Chorus, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Lorenzo Molajoli
Música concertante - Editado por Naxos el 6 nov. 2000
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Verdi · don carlo
Boris Christoff, Flaviano Labó, Gabriele Santini, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Clásica - Editado por G.O.P. el 31 may. 2023
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Pavarotti – The Opera Collection 4: Massenet: Manon (Live in Milan, 1969)
Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Rolando Panerai, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Peter Maag
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 2000
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Maria Callas Sings Verdi
Maria Callas, Milan La Scala Chorus, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin, Antonino Votto, Herbert von Karajan
Ópera - Editado por Dynamic el 29 oct. 2012
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Cherubini, Beethoven, Franck & Others: Orchestral Works (Live)
Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Arturo Toscanini
Clásica - Editado por Archipel el 5 nov. 2021
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Cherubini: Ali-Baba, ou Les quarante voleurs (1963) (CHERUBINI Luigi)
Ópera - Editado por Myto Historical el 4 oct. 2013
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons etc.
Riccardo Muti, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 ene. 1997
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Verdi - la forza del destino
Carlo Bergonzi, Ilva Ligabue, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Clásica - Editado por G.O.P. el 15 abr. 2024
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Rossini: L'Italienne à Alger (Les indispensables de Diapason)
Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Carlo Maria Giulini
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Verdi: Don Carlo, Il Trovatore, La Forza Del Destino, Macbeth (Remaster)
Claudio Abbado, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Piero Cappuccilli
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Verdi: La Traviata (Remaster)
Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Anna Moffo
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VERDI: NABUCCO (Remaster)
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Elena Suliotis
Ópera - Editado por Nar Classical el 12 feb. 2024
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Verdi: Il Trovatore (Remaster)
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Ópera - Editado por Nar Classical el 6 mar. 2024
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons etc.
Riccardo Muti, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 ene. 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo