La Scala Theatre and Museum Tour: Explore Opera History in Milan
3.5
336 Ratings
Milano
Immerse yourself in the world of opera and theater with a tour of La Scala Theatre and Museum in Milan. Explore the history, costumes, and instruments of this iconic opera house with an expert guide. Don't miss this unforgettable experience!
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Teatro Alla Scala - This Milan tour of Teatro alla Scala, one of the most renowned opera houses on the planet, will take you inside the beloved 18th-century theater and museum. During your tour, led by an expert guide, you’ll visit this incredible theater’s foyer, and see the auditorium, the theater boxes, the pit orchestra and the stage itself.
You’ll also visit the theater museum and bookshop, where you can admire paintings and musical instruments dedicated to great Italian composers, and learn more about the opera house’s history. See portraits of famous Italian maestros, such as Giuseppe Verdi and Arturo Toscanini.
As you tour the theater and museum, you’ll gain an appreciation of the amount of work that goes in to an opera production at this famed venue, where some of the best singers in the world have performed for more than 200 years.
Book early to avoid missing out! La Scala is extremely popular and regularly sells out weeks in advance.
What's Included
- Professional licensed tour guide
- Entrance to the Scala Theatre and Museum
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Hotel pick up and drop off
Additional Information
This is an ideal activity in Milan for opera enthusiasts and theatre admirers, promising an unforgettable experience! Participate in the La Scala Theatre and museum tour within a small group and guide to unveil the mysteries of one of the world’s most renowned opera houses. Guided by a professional, explore the La Scala Museum that houses an interesting array of costumes, music instruments, and portraits. Beyond the museum, journey through the foyer of the La Scala Theatre, and get glimpse of its stunning auditorium, stage, and pit orchestra from the boxes!
- Please note that the visit to the La Scala Theatre auditorium is guaranteed unless a rehearsal or show is in progress. In the event of this occurring, your guide will provide you a voucher to visit the auditorium at the next available date, no refund will be guaranteed.
- The La Scala Opera House is an active theater; therefore, the opening times are subject to the needs of the artistic production. If the tour is modified, you will be offered a different time for the visit. If your tour is cancelled, then you would be offered a full refund.
Location
Teatro alla Scala Museum
Largo Antonio Ghiringhelli
Meeting point outside the entrance of La Scala Museum closer by Il Foyer restaurant
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Noella_c
Mar 23, 2024
Excellent. Very informative. - Seeing the theatre itself and hearing the stories of it in past times.
Our guide seemed very knowledgeable, and we could feel his love for the theatre also. Love that Italians we meet especially guides are so passionate about their Italian heritage.
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Steviefull
Jan 26, 2024
As Close As Going To A Show As We Could Get - Going to Milan in the Summer had one negative to it, there was nothing on at the theatre to go and take in the wonderful building as it should be seen. Saying that we booked this tour so we could at least have a look around and see the building. With it being out of season there was a lot of cleaning of chandeliers going on which was interesting in its own right.
Our tour guide Renata took us through the history of the building including its construction and the important dates and shows throughout its time. The foyer has many statues and an interactive screen about the buildings construction.
The whole tour took around an hour and at a cost of approximately £35.00each was a little on the expensive side but worth it as the only way we were able to see the theatre.
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Wiam_f
Nov 19, 2023
Excellent experience - The guide was perfect very kind and very professional. The organisation is very good we found everything ready when we arrived to the meeting point
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Raul_g
Nov 19, 2023
Wonderful and impressed! - Staff lady guide was amazing, he explained clearly every details and all about the great history of this building. Maria Callas exposition was a plus.
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Al_n
Mar 21, 2024
Great time:) - Kind folks and worth the money. At times felt long and a little dry but was able to see a rehearsal taking place!! Even though I didn’t get pictures inside because of it, very cool.
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Joann_p
Dec 6, 2023
If you can find a better tour you should - Although the tour guide was knowledgeable and gave a good tour/information of the Scala Museum, we feel the museum part was longer than necessary, especially we had to take the time to remove our headsets and give back one by one to the tour guide before we went into the actual theater-it was only the boxes looking down and only had literally a short couple of minutes to look out of the box peering down- if you even got the chance as we had to share the room/box with other tourists who didn’t move at all to let others have a view. No real fault of them as we were led to think we each would have a box view- not the case. It was kind of misleading as you think you will actually walk in the theater, but you don’t. Very disappointed in this tour.
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James_h
Oct 31, 2023
There was no tour of the... - There was no tour of the theatre. The guide stood in front of a picture and described the parts of the theatre.
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Anna_c
Dec 21, 2023
A real disappointment - Very disappointing tour. We were informed last minute that due to an ongoing performance we couldn’t visit the theatre with the guide which , besides being the interesting part of the tour, was included in the ticket price. We were only offered the option to come back and get a glimpse of the theatre by ourselves once the ongoing show was over. As a Milanese myself I apologise to the other tourists for such an unacceptable behaviour from the operator. If you wanna visit the theatre I suggest you booking online on the theatre website.
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Geison_p
Dec 3, 2023
Huge lack of communication and disappointment! - The name of the tour is “La Scala Theatre and Museum Tour in Milan” but just saw the Museum and the guide, a very knowledgeable person, just told the people in the tour, AT THE END OF THE VISIT, would not be possible to see the theatre because of an event. I mean. No information, no communication made a terrible experience for everyone. Everybody was expecting to see the Theatre. The museum is nice, ok. But if you can’t see the main attraction. Should at least refund us half of the money spent.
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Daniel_m
Oct 29, 2023
All we really saw was a small part of the lobby and a small part of the museum - Some things were closed like the boxes in the opera house due to no available lighting so we never say the theater. That’s why I took the tour. Very disappointed and I request a refund
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