Meyer, Dominique

At Opening Night at La Scala, Opera Is the Center of the Universe

There is nothing quite like opening night of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, a temple of opera, for pomp, pageantry and politics.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Fortunato Ortombina, the general director of Teatro La Fenice, Venice’s opera house, will succeed Dominique Meyer, a respected French impresario.

By Elisabetta Povoledo

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.

By David Belcher