Eventually, after five years of labor and some half a million dollars, La Piccola Scala (cap. 600) was finished, its stage nestled cosily against the stage wall of its big sister, its interior ...

He said that the secret of getting a good photograph at La Scala was “knowing who you have in front of you” — being able to quickly identify people on the red carpet.

A timeline in the exhibition’s first room recounts that La Scala’s inaugural performance of Antonio Salieri’s “L’Europa riconosciuta,” on Aug. 3, 1778, was accompanied by two ballets.

At 122, ‘Rusalka’ Prepares to Charm Milan The opera by Antonin Dvorak about a water nymph’s journey into the human world, first performed in 1901, is making its debut at La Scala in June.

A timeline in the exhibition's first room recounts that La Scala’s inaugural performance of Antonio Salieri’s “L’Europa riconosciuta," on Aug. 3, 1778, was accompanied by two ballets.

A timeline in the exhibition's first room recounts that La Scala’s inaugural performance of Antonio Salieri’s “L’Europa riconosciuta," on Aug. 3, 1778, was accompanied by two ballets.