Our season of unmissable arts-themed screenings continue tonight with Teatro Alla Scala: The Temple Of Wonders
Teatro Alla Scala: The Temple Of Wonders is the story of one of the world’s most exclusive music and performing arts venues. Thanks to music and theatre greats such as Giuseppe Verdi and Maria Callas, and contemporary arts directors including Franco Zeffirelli and Patrice Chéreau, Teatro Alla Scala has upheld its position as a world-class theatre over the years. Maria Callas in La Traviata at La Scala 1955 - 1956
MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE EXCERPTS Richard Wagner, LOHENGRIN (1981) Director Giuseppe Verdi, OTHELLO (1954 & 2001) Luca Lucini Gioachino Rossini, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (1976) Fryderyk Chopin, LA DAME AUX CAMÉLIAS (2007) Cinematogrophy Luca Bigazzi Giuseppe Verdi, NABUCCO (2013) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (1981) Running Time Giuseppe Verdi, REQUIEM MASS (1967) 1 hour 44 minutes Giacomo Puccini, LA BOHÈME (1956 & 1965) Giuseppe Verdi, AIDA (2006) Vincenzo Bellini, NORMA (1960) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, SWAN LAKE Richard Wagner, GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (1950) Giacomo Puccini, TURANDOT (1965) Giacomo Puccini, TOSCA (1953) Giuseppe Verdi, LA TRAVIATA (1956) Vincenzo Bellini, LA SONNAMBULA (1957) Giacomo Puccini, MADAMA BUTTERFLY (1955) Amilcare Ponchielli, LA GIOCONDA (1959) Georges Bizet, CARMEN (1955) Giuseppe Verdi, ERNANI (1975) Giuseppe Verdi, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (1960)
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Leonardo Da Vinci: The Genius In Milan Thursday 16 June
In spring 2015, Milan paid tribute to Leonardo Da Vinci by holding an extraordinary exhibition event at the Palazzo Reale. Leonardo Da Vinci: The Genius In Milan explores his work as never before, shedding new light on the artist’s world and the treasures he left us.
Pietro Marani, the curator of the 2015 exhibition, and some of the world’s leading experts on Da Vinci tell a story that opens new perspectives and reveals extraordinary things about Da Vinci the painter, sculptor, scientist, anatomist, botanist and architect.
COMING SOON St Peter’s And The Papal Basilicas Of Rome Monday 4 July St Peter’s And The Papal Basilicas of Rome brings completely new footage of the four Papal Basilicas and the works of art enshrined within them to the big screen. The film takes its cue from the Extraordinary Jubilee Of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis as the faithful from all over the world come to Rome to cross the thresholds of the Basilicas and obtain a plenary indulgence.