Bellini's Bel Canto masterpiece "I Puritani" returns to La Scala after 56 years. Conducted by Fabio Luisi and directed by Davide Livermore, starring Galeano Salas and Adela Zaharia in a legendary, vocally breathtaking drama.

Bellini's Bel Canto masterpiece "I Puritani" returns to La Scala after 56 years. Conducted by Fabio Luisi and directed by Davide Livermore, starring Galeano Salas and Adela Zaharia in a legendary, vocally breathtaking drama.

The future Music Director of the Teatro alla Scala, Myung-Whun Chung, reaches his eleventh opera title at La Scala with this new production of Bizet's "Carmen" – in addition to over 140 concerts both at home and on tour. This co-production with London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and Madrid's Teatro Real promises a captivating interpretation. Chung, well-versed in French music through his work with the Opéra Bastille and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, leads a cast that is perfectly idiomatic. Alongside Clémentine Margaine in the title role, alternating with Stéphanie d’Oustrac, and Giorgi Manoshvili as Escamillo, the production features Vittorio Grigolo as Don José – a major Italian voice with a strong affinity for the French repertoire – alternating with Matthew Polenzani. Director Damiano Michieletto and set designer Paolo Fantin minimize local color to construct a stark and effective spectacle, focused on the ineluctable fate of the protagonists.