(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 9 - La Scala on Thursday launches a global TV and on-demand channel where opera lovers can enjoy live performances from the iconic Milanese cultural mecca.
    LaScala.tv is a new platform where you can watch performances from La Scala in Milan live while they are being performed or on demand from a catalogue of special contents, operas, ballets and concerts from the more or less recent past.
    The first opera to be streamed will be on 14 February, Valentine's Day, Verdi's French-language masterpiece Vespri Siciliani (Sicilian Vespers) conducted by Fabio Lusi.
    But already from Thursday it is possible to access the platform and rent some performances on demand.
    It is a sort of global TV, since content can be accessed from all over the world thanks also to agreements with foreign partners, La Scala said. (ANSA).