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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
It failed; and so complete was the fiasco that the director of La Scala felt himself justified in declining to receive from Verdi the two other operas which he had agreed to take.
From The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School by Edwards, Henry Sutherland
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