.:. la Scala / grand opening
Una Lady Macbeth del distretto di Mcensk
from Sunday, December 7, 2025
The Scala Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Riccardo
Chailly (pictured) open the 2025-2026 Opera season performing
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Dmitry
Shostakovich, on a libretto by Aleksandr Prejs and Shostakovich based on the novella of the same name by Nikolaj Leskov, a new production by La Scala. Performances
through January December 30. Staging by Vasily
Barkhatov, sets by Zinovy
Margolin, costumes by Olga
Shaishmelashvili, and lights by Alexander
Sivaev. Sara
Jakubiak sings as Katerina L’vovna Izmajlova.
.:. Online tickets at the
La Scala website.
.:. Live broadcasting Rai 1 (television) and RaiPlay (radio) in Italy, from 5:45pm on December 7. On demand on RayPlay fifteen days after the live broadcasting.