Teatro Alla Scala

Theatro Alla Scala La Scala is a world-renowned opera house in Milan, Italy.	Teatro Alla Scala After the show La Scala's season traditionally opens on 7 December, Saint Ambrose's Day, the feast day of Milan's patron saint. All performances must end before midnight, and long operas start earlier in the evening when necessary.	Inside Teatro Alla Scala The premiere performance was Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta. A fire destroyed the previous theatre, the Teatro Regio Ducale, on 25 February 1776, after a carnival gala.
Inside Teatro Alla Scala La Scala was originally illuminated with 84 oil lamps mounted on the palcoscenico and another thousand in the rest of theatre. To prevent the risks of fire, several rooms were filled with hundreds of water buckets. In time, oil lamps were replaced by gas lamps, these in turn were replaced by electric lights in 1883.	Inside Teatro Alla Scala The theatre underwent a major renovation from early 2002 to late 2004.Seats now include monitors for the electronic libretto system allowing audiences to follow opera libretti in English and Italian in addition to the original language.The opera house re-opened on 7 December 2004 with a production, conducted by Riccardo Muti, of Salieri's Europa riconosciuta, the opera that was performed at La Scala's inauguration in 1778. Tickets for the re-opening fetched up to €2,000.	Don Carlo Don Carlos is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich Schiller.
Don Carlos When performed in one of its several Italian versions, the opera is generally called Don Carlo. Over the following twenty years, cuts and additions were made to the opera, resulting in a number of versions being available to directors and conductors. No other Verdi opera exists in so many versions. At its full length it contains about four hours of music and is Verdi's longest opera.