La Scala Milan презентация

La Scala is the world center of opera culture.
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The theater building was built in 1776-1778 on the site of the church "Santa Maria della Scala”.
The first performance was given - Salieri's opera "Recognized Europe".

During World War II, the Teatro alla Scala was completely destroyed. It was restored by engineer Sekki and the theater reopened in 1946.

Maria Callas
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On the stage of the theater there is a place called “il punto Callas” - it was from there that the voice of the great singer reached all corners of the theater when she performed Violetta in La Traviata in 1955.
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Electricity
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Teatro alla Scala was the first theater in the world to be given electric light. On the night of St. Stephen's 1883 (December 25-26) in honor of the premiere of Ponchielli's La Gioconda, 2,450 light bulbs were lit at once in the theater.

Chandelier
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One of the theater's primaries is a luxurious chandelier made of Bohemian crystal and sparkling with 400 bulbs. Unfortunately, the chandelier that we see today is just a copy of the real one, created after the bombing of the Second World War.

Benoir
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The lodges belonged to aristocratic families and were an excellent opportunity to show their own status. The owners themselves could decorate and furnish the premises, the only condition of the management was that the decoration had to be in harmony with the theatrical setting.
The history of lodge number 13 is still a mystery: for some reason, the owners (whose names also remained unknown) hung all over with mirrors ...

Gambling
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In the early 800s, it was customary to play cards before and after performances at the Teatro alla Scala. The 700 parterre seats have been designed to be movable to create free play space. Alessandro Manzoni almost lost himself to one of the Milanese aristocrats in the Teatro alla Scala.

Applause Agency
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As in Paris, Milan also had agencies that provided professional “applauders”. Teatro La Scala management quite often used the services of such agencies to support opera singers.
By the way, men's applause cost 25 lira, and women's 15.