Overview
- Riccardo Chailly leads the 1934 version and Vasily Barkhatov makes his Scala debut as director, with Sara Jakubiak joined by Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Yevgeny Akimov and Alexander Roslavets.
- Rai1 and RaiPlay carry the performance from 17:45 with 4K direction and audiodescription, with on-demand viewing for 15 days and international carriage via ARTE, Medici.tv and Japan’s NHK.
- The house is sold out for roughly 2,000 attendees with an estimated box office near €3 million, and the guest list spans Liliana Segre, Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli and leading arts figures.
- Citywide Prima Diffusa screenings and extensive technical coverage—10 UHD cameras, 45 pit and stage microphones and 15 radio mics—extend access well beyond the Piermarini.
- A youth preview this week drew a calm response to the opera’s violent themes, underscoring contemporary engagement with a work once condemned in Pravda in 1936.