Edison to provide illumination for La Scala for the eight time in a row

Today Edison and historic theatre renewed their cooperation at Palazzo Edison for the 2017 première of La Scala.

Milan, 7 July 2016 – Edison will provide illumination for La Scala theatre for the eighth consecutive year. Today Edison's CEO Marc Benayoun met the CEO and artistic director of La Scala, Alexander Pereira, to renew their cooperation for the La Scala première of the 2017 season.  

Edison also consolidates its long-lasting relationship with the theatre, which dates back to more than 130 years ago when Giuseppe Colombo, the founder of Edison, provided electric lights to La Scala for the first time in its history. On the night of Boxing Day of 1883, the Edison Santa Radegonda power station (the first in continental Europe) provided electricity to 2,450 light bulbs and cast an amazing, absolutely unexpected light on the crowded premiere of Ponchielli's La Gioconda