New La Scala season will be opened by opera starring Ildar Abdrazakov

The 2022/2023 season will open on December 7 with the premiere of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov with Ildar Abdrazakov in the title role. The official singer's account reports this on social networks.

Kasper Holten will direct the current production of the opera. Maestro Riccardo Chailly will take the podium at the La Scala Symphony Orchestra.

The premiere of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov took place on the stage of Milan's La Scala in 1909. And in 1979, staged by Yuri Lyubimov, the opera launched a new theater season - Claudio Abbado conducted the orchestra.

The broadcast will be available on platforms of international broadcasters worldwide, including on Medici.tv.

Author: Leyla Aralbaeva