The Teatro alla Scala is set to open its 2024-25 season with Verdi\u2019s \u201cLa Forza del Destino,\u201d a work that has rarely appeared on the Milan stage.<\/p>\n
The work was last presented in 1999 with Riccardo Muti conducting and in 2001 with Valery Gergiev conducting the Mariinsky Theatre. The only time the opera opened the Teatro alla Scala was in 1965 with Gavazzeni conducting a production by Margherita Wallmann.<\/p>\n
With this new production by Leo Muscato, Chailly is bringing an all-star cast that has performed the opera to great acclaim.<\/p>\n
Here is a look at the cast\u2019s past experiences with \u201cLa Forza del Destino.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brian Jagde \u2013 Don Alvaro\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The first time the American tenor performed the work was at the Paris Opera in 2019. Of his role debut, OperaWire noted that he “gave a vocal masterclass in singing one of the most challenging roles of the repertory.” He later brought his acclaimed turn to the Royal<\/a> Opera House in 2023\u00a0 and the Metropolitan Opera<\/a> in 2024 in a new production.<\/p>\n His most recent production came in the fall of 2024 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Now he will return to he will sing his fifth production at the famed Milan theater and will also open the Teatro alla Scala for the first time in his third production with the company.<\/p>\n