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    La Scala
    noun
    the chief opera house in Italy, in Milan (opened 1776)
  • Scala, La
    Scala, La
    A world-renowned opera house in Milan, Italy; one of the leading opera houses of the world. Its name means “The Stairs” in Italian.

La Scala

British  
/ la ˈskaːla /

noun

  1. the chief opera house in Italy, in Milan (opened 1776)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scala, La Cultural  
  1. A world-renowned opera house in Milan, Italy; one of the leading opera houses of the world. Its name means “The Stairs” in Italian.


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At age 92, his first opera "Fin de partie" premiered at Milan's famous La Scala in late 2018.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

As the Games celebrate new deities such as Ilia Malinin, the U.S. figure skater known as the “quad god,” La Scala is staging their demise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Born in Cilfynydd in Rhondda Cynon Taf, he performed for the first time with the Welsh National Opera in 1963 and went on to sing at world famous La Scala in Milan.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025

The actor could bring her own preternatural poise, and she could wear sumptuous costumes in extravagant settings — even on the stage of La Scala in Milan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024

One of the most popular and charming singers at La Scala, in the Carnival of 1794, was Giuseppa Grassini, the daughter of a farmer of Varese in Lombardy, where she was born in 1775.

From Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday by Henry C. Lahee

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