Milan
Das Rhiengold - Sold Out
From 31 October to 2 November 2024
Type de séjour

Musical journeys

Price

From €915 per person

Milan has a unique way of life. Facing both the Alps and the Mediterranean Sea, the Lombard city combines the best of both cultures. It has an exceptional heritage: Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, one of the wonders of humanity, adorns one of the walls of the Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The Pinacoteca overflows with works by Tintoretto, Titian and Veronese, and the Poldi Pezzoli Museum is an architectural extravaganza housed in a late nineteenth-century house. In the late afternoon, you can succumb to the pleasures of aperitivi in the canal district or at Porta Garibaldi.

 

In the evening, we invite you to one of the most highly anticipated events of the season at La Scala. The Milanese theatre has been waiting ten years for a new production of Wagner’s Ring. The first part of this eagerly awaited tetralogy: The Rhinegold, directed by David McVicar and conducted by Simone Young. Among the singers, Michael Volle‘s Wotan, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke‘s Mime and Okka von der Damerau’s Fricka are the stars of an ideally German-speaking cast.

The program
The Rhinegold, R. Wagner
October 31, 2024
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2024 - MILAN

At 8p.m, at the Teatro alla Scala:

 

The Rhinegold, R. Wagner

Orchestra and choir of the Teatro alla Scala

 

Simone Young                        Conductor

David McVicar                        Staging

Michael Volle                          Wotan

Andrè Schuen                         Donner

Norbert Ernst                          Loge

Johannes M. Kränzle             Alberich

Wolfgang A-Sperrhacke        Mime

Jongmin Park                          Fasolt

Ain Anger                                 Fafner

Okka von der Damerau          Fricka

Olga Bezsmertna                      Freia

 

Of the four works that make up the Tetralogy, The Rhinegold is certainly the one that comes closest to the tale. Here we are in the world of the Germanic gods and myths. Composed in 1854, the opera’s style has nothing in common with that of Twilight of the Gods, written 20 years later. And yet there are so many sublime scenes, from the Prelude in E flat major symbolizing the Rhine, to the scene in the forge or the entry of the Gods into Walhalla!

For this first part of the Tetralogy (Siegfried, Valkyrie and Twilight of the Gods will follow in the coming seasons), La Scala has called on the excellent British director David McVicar. Acclaimed by the greatest theatres, McVicar knows how to combine the intimate and the spectacular, tradition and novelty, respect for the text and the unexpected, creating a most pleasing blend. Christian Thielemann, an undisputed star conductor, is undoubtedly one of the greatest Wagnerians of our time. The cast under his direction is largely made up of singers well-versed in the Wagnerian tradition, notably Michael Volle as Wotan and Okka von der Damerau as Fricka. A Wagner opera at the Teatro alla Scala – what a promising pairing!

Your accomodation
GRAND HOTEL ET DE MILAN *****

Opposite the Quadrato de la Moda and close to La Scala, this is the hotel of Verdi, Maria Callas, Nureyev, Visconti, d’Annunzio… All the elegance and expertise of the great Italian hotels.

SPADARI AL DUOMO ****

Close to La Scala and the Duomo, Spadari al Duomo cultivates a contemporary Milanese style with sculptures, frescoes and paintings. A warm and design hotel.

Price per person
Package with the Hotel Spadari al Duomo Hotel ****

Superior room courtyard view package: € 915

Superior room courtyard view package, single use: € 1,200

Package with the Hotel Grand Hotel et de Milan *****

Double Deluxe room package: € 1,640

Double Deluxe room package, single use: € 2,554

 

The price for this trip includes: double room accommodation with breakfast for 2 nights from the October 31 to November 2 • tourist tax • first-category ticket • repatriation assistance.

 

The price for this trip does not include: extras • flight transport • airport transfers.

 

Individual trip. 

 

Transport and airport transfers on demand.

 

Information about this trip
In charge of the destination
Sophie Chaudru de Raynal
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