The tenor lead, Franco Corelli, and La Scala cast under Maestro Tullio Serafin are all first rate.

However, in 1778 Gluck turned down an offer to compose the inaugural opera for La Scala in Milan ; upon the suggestion of Joseph II and with the approval of Gluck, Salieri was offered the commission, which he gratefully accepted.

Joseph II granted Salieri permission to take a year long leave of absence ( later extended ) thus enabling him to write for La Scala and to undertake a tour of Italy.

Salieri's Italian tour of 1778 – 80 began with the production of Europa riconosciuta ( Europa Recognized ) for La Scala ( which was revived in 2004 for the same opera house's re-opening following extensive renovations ).

In 2004, the opera Europa riconosciuta was staged in Milan for the reopening of La Scala in Milan, with soprano Diana Damrau in the title role.

* 1904 – Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.

The original version of Madama Butterfly, premiered at La Scala on February 17, 1904, was initially greeted with great hostility ( probably largely owing to inadequate rehearsals ).

* Edgar, libretto by Ferdinando Fontana ( in four acts – premiered at La Scala, 21 April 1889 )

* Madama Butterfly, libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa ( in two acts – premiered at La Scala, 17 February 1904 )

* Turandot, libretto by Renato Simoni and Giuseppe Adami ( incomplete at the time of Puccini's death, completed by Franco Alfano: premiered at La Scala, 25 April 1926

The production by Milan's La Scala of his first opera, Oberto in November 1839 achieved a degree of success, after which Bartolomeo Merelli, La Scala's impresario, offered Verdi a contract for three more works.

In 2005, La Scala received 25 % of Italy's total state subsidy of € 464 million for the performing arts.

European opera houses and festivals including the Royal Opera in London, La Scala in Milan, the Salzburg Festival, La Fenice in Venice, and the Maggio Musicale in Florence have also transmitted their productions to theaters in cities around the world since 2006, including 90 cities in the U. S.

* 1840 – Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Un giorno di regno at La Scala of Milan.

Bellini's next opera, Bianca e Gernando, met with some success at the Teatro San Carlo, leading to a commission from the impresario Barbaia for an opera at La Scala.

* La Donna del lago ( 1992, Teatro alla Scala, Milan )

* February 5 – The Giuseppe Verdi opera Otello premieres at La Scala.

Later La Scala became the reference theatre in the world, with its premières of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini and Verdi.

The annexed Museo Teatrale alla Scala contains a collection of paintings, drafts, statues, costumes, and other documents regarding opera and La Scala's history.

La Scala also hosts the Ballet School of the Teatro alla Scala.

The great Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a covered passage that connects Piazza del Duomo, Milan to the square opposite of La Scala opera house, was built by architect Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877 to celebrate Vittorio Emanuele II, first king of reunited Italy.

The first performance of Falstaff took place on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan to great success.

Between 1990 and 1997, she hosted the Spanish TV channel Telecinco's talk show La Quinta Marcha, a program that was hosted by teenagers, aimed at a teenage audience.

* UBU. armob. ca La Monte Young's 89 VI 8 c. 1: 42 – 1: 52 AM Paris Encore ( 10: 33 ) on Tellus Audio Cassette Magazinearchive hosted at UbuWeb

In the summer of 2004, De La Hoya starred in and hosted a boxing reality television series on Fox and Fox Sports Net titled The Next Great Champ.

Since 1991 the city has annually hosted the Marathon de La Rochelle, an international level race which featured 10, 000 participants in 2010.

Dramatizations based on his work include La Ţigănci, which has been the basis for two theater adaptations: Cazul Gavrilescu (" The Gavrilescu Case "), directed by Gelu Colceag and hosted by the Nottara Theater, and an eponymous play by director Alexandru Hausvater, first staged by the Odeon Theater in 2003 ( starring, among others, Adriana Trandafir, Florin Zamfirescu, and Carmen Tănase ).

* La Salle's Map of Texas from A pictorial history of Texas, from the earliest visits of European adventurers, to A. D. 1879, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.

Harvey Fierstein ( left ) with Anthony Rapp at the Annual Flea Market and Grand Auction hosted by Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, September, 2006. Fierstein made his acting debut at La MaMa, E. T. C.

The Alasitas festival is held for, and hosted by, the Ekeko, each January 24 and sprawls along many streets and parks in central La Paz and smaller events are held in many neighborhoods around the city.

At the age of 15, Corretjer hosted a Puerto Rican television show named La Ola Nueva ( The New Wave ).

She hosted the radio show Estudio X on the local radio station La Nueva X.

* La Physiologie du goût Original French text of the 1848 illustrated edition of The Physiology of Taste ; a freely licensed copy hosted on the Bibliothèque nationale de France's digital library, Gallica.

Then, she became a full fledged member of the Telemundo family where she hosted the afternoon lifestyles program La Buena Vida (" The Good Life "), The show was merged with another newsmagazine titled Ocurrió así (" It Happened This Way ") and Esta noche con Cecilia Bolocco (" Tonight With Cecilia Bolocco ") followed for which she won two Emmy awards.

Later on in 1980, Herger produced and hosted a game show, La Pirámide, complete with an Egyptian-themed set and imagery, tons of bad pyramid puns and jokes in the program's scripts, and his entire family involved in the show.

News clips, caricatures and a replica of the radio studio where he hosted " La Hora Azul " (" The Blue Hour ") are among the items on display.

Later she starred in El sodero de mi vida ( 2001 ) and Sálvame María ( 2005 ), and in 2008 she hosted very popular TV show La mamá del año.

Meryl Vladimer, the Artistic Director of The CLUB @ La MaMa, saw their work as part of a variety show hosted by the Alien Comic ( Tom Murrin ) and commissioned Blue Man Group to create a full-length show.

The newspaper's television production arm, La Presse Télé, was producing the series Dumont, hosted by former politician Mario Dumont, for the Quebec television network V ( formerly TQS ).

For the end of Series 3, there was a surprise This Is Your Muck Muck sketch ( a spoof of This Is Your Life ), which involved many of Dick and Dom's family and friends, In Series 4 a Creamy muck muck bingo which was hosted by Dancing Brian ( Played by Ian Kirkby ) and he spins the tombola and reads the bingo ball for example if he says like appropriate names or inappropriate names such as Danny La Rue Rice Pudding or Clickety click Creamy muck muck, Dick gives birth during the end of Series 4 because he is in the bed by having loads of collapsable babies.

The largest camp is the one in Mae La, Tak province, Thailand, where about 50, 000 Karen refugees are hosted.

Since 1953, La Salle has hosted resident students.

News clips, caricatures and a replica of the radio studio where he hosted " La Hora Azul " (" The Blue Hour ") are among the items on display.

The ground also hosted the second leg of the 1968 Intercontinental Cup, which saw Estudiantes de La Plata win the cup after a 1 – 1 draw.

In June 2003, the vineyard hosted La Fête de la Fleur at the end of Vinexpo to coincide with their 150th anniversary.