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La ScalaOpera house in Milan, Italy. Built in 1776 by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (which country then ruled Milan), it replaced an earlier theatre that had burned. With the works of 19th-century composer Gioacchino Rossini, Italian opera regained international attention, and La Scala, as the site of many of Rossini's premieres, had by the 1830s become the opera landmark it has remained ever since. Associated with the main theatre are a smaller theatre, La Piccola Scala; a ballet company and ballet school; and a singing school. La Scala the chief opera house in Italy, in Milan (opened 1776) La Scala (Teatro alla Scala) “Theater at the Stairway”; Milan opera house; built 1776. [Ital. Hist.: EB, VI: 57] See : Theater How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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20, is part of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division and was amassed by Walter Toscanini, son of the famous conductor, and his wife Cia Fornaroli, a La Scala ballerina. The chopped salad started as a Los Angeles institution almost 50 years ago - and it's as popular today, in many updated, new-fangeled combinations, as when the late Jean Leon, owner and founder of La Scala restaurant introduced it in the '50s. Gaining admittance to La Scala artists' kitchen, where the robotic performance and broadcast took place, was relatively easy. |
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