Siberia (opera) Siberia (opera) Siberia is an opera in three acts by Umberto Giordano from a libretto by Luigi Illica. It premiered on 19 December 1903 at La Scala in Milan. There is no direct source for the plot of "Siberia" and it is quite possible that this is an original work by Illica. It was suggested at the New York premiere that it was based on Leo Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection" or one of the novels within it. The première took place on 19 December 1903 at La Scala in Milan and was revised in 1927. The première was not successful, despite
Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia) Academy of Music for the 1920-1921 opera season, the MOH became the home of the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company until 1928. The Philadelphia Grand Opera Company and the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company, two companies that primarily performed at the Academy of Music, also occasionally performed there during the 1920s and 1930s. The MOH was also host to many traveling productions by opera companies from other cities. The last opera production mounted at the MOH was a double billing of "Cavalleria rusticana" and "Pagliacci" under the baton of Aldo Franchetti, presented by the Chicago Grand Opera Company on May 5,