Arte.TV Streams Verdi's Requiem From La Scala with Anna Netrebko

Arte.TV will stream Verdi's "Requiem" from the Teatro alla Scala on Nov. 1, 2026, with Anna Netrebko leading the soloist quartet. The date matters beyond the calendar. The performance ranks among Riccardo Chailly's final concerts as music director of the Milanese house, which gives the broadcast the weight of a public farewell.

Who is on stage?

The lineup is built around La Scala's own orchestra, with Chailly on the podium. The soloists:

• Soprano: Anna Netrebko
• Mezzo-soprano: Caterina Piva
• Tenor: Antonio Poli
• Bass: Michele Pertusi

That is a conventional Verdian quartet, assembled from singers the house knows well. Netrebko's name alone will drive most of the click-throughs, and Arte.TV surely knows it.

When can you watch or listen?

The live performances themselves happen earlier, on Oct. 28 and 30, 2026, and both are sold out. That is the honest measure of demand: La Scala could fill the house twice without television's help.

For audiences outside the theatre, there are two broadcast windows:

• Rai Radio 3 carries the Requiem on Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. GMT — audio only.
• Arte.TV streams the performance on Nov. 1, 2026.

One catch, and it's a familiar one. The Arte.TV stream will only be available in Europe. Viewers elsewhere will need a radio, a VPN, or patience.

Why this Requiem carries extra weight

The concert sits at the end of a long collaborative thread between Netrebko and Chailly, one of the more productive conductor-soprano partnerships in current Verdian repertoire. Their recorded and staged Verdi work together includes:

• "Macbeth"
• "La Forza del Destino"
• "Don Carlo"
• "Nabucco"
• "Giovanna d'Arco"

That list spans roughly two decades of the composer's output, from the early "Giovanna d'Arco" (1845) to the mature "Don Carlo" and "Otello"-era grandeur of the Requiem itself. Few pairings currently working have covered that much Verdi together, which makes the Nov. 1 stream something close to a career survey in a single evening.

The so-what

A sold-out double bill, a departing music director and a marquee soprano converge on one broadcast. For European viewers, Nov. 1 offers the easiest seat in the house — everyone else will be reading about it after the fact.