December 7, the day of St. Ambrose, the patron saint of the city of Milano, is the season opening date of the temple of opera, La Scala in Milan.
For 2022-2023, Dominique Meyer, Intendant and Riccardo Chailly, Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of La Scala, have chosen the masterpiece of Russian opera, Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov. A hymn to the freedom of a people who rise up to overthrow a tyrant, this is the second time the opera has opened the season. After the memorable edition conducted by Claudio Abbado in 1979 and directed by Jurij Ljubimov, it is Kasper Holten who signs the new production with the great Ildar Abdrazakov as Boris!

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