Italy, the birthplace of opera. La Scala, its iconic home. Within its gilded red and gold walls, opera, ballet, and symphony. Its neoclassic structure an ode to art and architecture. Acoustics so perfect, no microphones allowed.
“It is, quite simply, the perfect opera house,” Milena Adamian, President of Teatro Alla Scala Association of America, told me. “Walk in and you feel like you’ve been hugged. You are surrounded by this beauty, but not in your face. It’s like the warm feeling you get when you come home from the outdoors. Yet, the building looks unremarkable from the street. Tourists pass by and wonder, is this it? That is Milanese elegance: magnificent courtyards and houses hidden from the street.”
