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Milan's La Scala Halts Opera After Conductor Riccardo Chailly Falls Ill

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Opera suspended as conductor taken to hospital. Milan's La Scala opera house cut short its season-opening production on Wednesday night after the Italian orchestra conductor Riccardo Chailly fell ill during the performance. Chailly, 72, had been conducting Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, which La Scala is staging to mark the 50th anniversary of composer Dmitri Shostakovich's death. Even before the opera began on Wednesday evening, rumours …

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Night for observation after feeling ill during the opera in Milan. Updates on the greetings of the conductor

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The public waited about 30 minutes in total incomprehension before the announcement of the stop of the performance. The conductor Riccardo Chailly was the victim of a malaise, this Wednesday evening at the Scala in Milan, while he was leading the inaugural show of the Milan Opera season.As reported by the Italian media, the 72-year-old maestro did not return to the stage after the second act. An ambulance and a medicalized vehicle arrived at the…

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The conductor, at his last season as musical director of La Scala, has long had a heart problem that keeps under control

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Director Riccardo Chailly had a headache, and for this reason the Teatro alla Scala decided to interrupt and not continue the performance of A Lady Macbeth of the...

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The decision of the direction of the Milan theatre. The conductor did not return to the stage after the second interval and was taken to hospital

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Director Riccardo Chailly had a headache, and for this reason the Teatro alla Scala decided to interrupt and not continue the performance of 'A Lady Macbeth of the Mcesk district'. (ANSA)

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La Repubblica broke the news in Turin, Italy on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
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