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Reunion: Virginia Zeani.
In conversation with Virginia Zeani, the words that crop up most often are "faith" and "destiny." Both relate indelibly to her association with Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites. The soprano created Blanche in the work's world premiere at La Scala, which coincided with a significant crossroads in her personal and professional life.
Zeani first encountered Poulenc in mid-1956 in Paris, where he heard her Violetta. "He told me about a project he had coming up at La Scala in January 1957. The opera wasn't completely finished, but he believed it would be a very interesting role for my quality of voice. `I want my opera to be done in Italian at La Scala,' he said, ...
- Despite Callas. (La Scala returns Verdi's La Traviata)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) April 21, 1990 700+ words
...Widowers congregate, La Scala's quaking management...the box office, and to La Scala's orchestra players...Franco Zeffirelli staging, La Scala produced "La Traviata...who was replaced by Virginia Zeani, who was replaced by...
- La Scala's latest leader. (Presstime News).(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Poletti, Silvia May 1, 2002 700+ words
Leadership at La Scala Ballet seems finally settled with the December 2001 appointment...suddenly switching direction, some are wondering if the La Scala saga is really over. In 1999 La Scala invited Carla Fracci to rule the company and then denied...
- Conductor Abbado returns to Italy's La Scala.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire May 26, 2009 700+ words
...COLLEEN BARRY Claudio Abbado is returning to La Scala after more than 20 years, and the city...the city, and was musical director at La Scala for 17 years. His return is part of an effort by La Scala's general manager Stephane Lissner to...
- Colin Eatock on La Scala, politics and carrying on regardless.(Letter from...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada May 1, 2006 700+ words
THE NAME LA SCALA RESONATES DEEPLY IN THE OPERA world...authority. He had been music director of La Scala for 19 years, building one of finest...grudgingly obliged them, and suddenly La Scala's future seemed very much up in the...
- La Scala still succeeds in the culinary middle ground.(BUSINESS...
- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal Styrwoll, Lindsey July 16, 2007 700+ words
LA SCALA Food: *** Service: *** Atmosphere...THE story behind the Beverly Hills eatery La Scala is the stuff of legend: A 19year-old...Catering to a crowd of big names, Leon's La Scala became a fixture among the Beverly Hills...
- AT LA SCALA IN HOBOKEN
- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) BILL ERVOLINO, Staff Writer September 23, 1994 700+ words
...Bergen County, NJ) 09-23-1994 AT LA SCALA IN HOBOKEN By BILL ERVOLINO, Staff Writer...Even the breads are enriched with it. At La Scala, on Hoboken's 14th Street, more than...theme -- after all, the place is called La Scala -- continues on the menu, with dishes...
- Cusine Journey; Viva La Scala.
- Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) January 25, 2000 700+ words
...pinnacles of French Cuisine in Seoul, the ``La Scala'' restaurant. ``La Scala' s Italian', I hear you say and you would be correct. The name is taken from the La Scala theatre in It ly. After the owner visited it...
- Trae ballet de la Scala dos versiones ineditas.(Cultura)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) January 27, 2005 700+ words
...visita a Mxico, el Ballet del Teatro de La Scala de Miln promete versiones nunca antes...dentro de la danza clsica. "Si bien la Scala de Miln se asocia mejor con la pera...de pesos), la presencia del Ballet de la Scala en el Pas represent un esfuerzo de ms...
