Scala or SCALA may refer to:

Automobiles

Renault Scala The Renault Scala nameplate has been used by the French automobile manufacturer Renault for the following cars, in the following markets: * Renault Samsung SM3 The Renault Samsung SM3 is a compact car produced by the South Korean manufacturer R ...

, multiple automobile models *

Škoda Scala The Škoda Scala is a small family car or compact hatchback manufactured by Czech automaker Škoda Auto. The car is intended to fit between the Fabia and the Octavia, and to be a competitor to the cars in the C-segment hatchback segment. The Sc ...

, a Czech compact hatchback

Music

* Scala (band), an English electronic music group *

Escala (group) Escala (formerly known as Scala) is an electronic string quartet, from London, England who rose to fame when they performed on and reached the final of the second series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' on ITV1 in May 2008. Background Two of the ...

, an electronic string quartet formerly known as Scala * ''La Scala'' (album), an album by Keith Jarrett * ''Scala'', an album by

This Heat This Heat were an English experimental rock band, formed in early 1976 in Camberwell, London by multi-instrumentalists Charles Bullen (guitar, clarinet, viola, vocals, tapes), Charles Hayward (drums, keyboards, vocals, tapes) and Gareth Willi ...

Scala & Kolacny Brothers Scala & Kolacny Brothers is a Belgian women's choir conducted by Stijn Kolacny, and arranged and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano. They have made five studio albums (in multiple languages) starting with ''On The Rocks'' in 2002. Most ...

, a Belgian women's choir *

Scala Records Scala Records was a British record label which was in business between 1911 and 1927. The source firm was the Scala Record Co. Ltd., based in London. Pressings were from Germany until the First World War, then from London, with masters from Beka ...

, a 1911–27 British record label * Scala Radio, a classical music digital radio station launched in 2019 * SCALA (Songwriters, Composers, and Lyricists Association) - see Adelaide music organizations

Organizations

* Scala (company), video software company * SCALA, the student chapter of the

American Library Association The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with 49,727 members a ...

People

* Alessandra Scala (1475–1506), Italian poet and scholar *

Bartolomeo Scala Bartolomeo Scala (1430–1497) was an Italian politician, author and historian. Born in Colle Val d'Elsa, he became a protégé of Cosimo and Piero de' Medici, being appointed at the highest positions in the Florentine Republic (Chancellor, Sec ...

(1430–1497), Italian politician, author and historian *

Delia Scala Delia Scala (born Odette Bedogni; 25 September 1929 – 15 January 2004) was an Italian ballerina, actress and singer who played a leading role in the nascent ''commedia musicale''. Career Scala was born as Odette Bedogni in Bracciano, Lazi ...

(1929–2004), Italian ballerina and actress * Enea Scala (born 1979), Italian operatic tenor *

Flaminio Scala Flaminio Scala (27 September 1552 – 9 December 1624), commonly known by his stage name, Flavio,Landolfi 1993. was an Italian stage actor of Commedia dell'Arte, scenario writer, playwright, director, producer, manager, agent, and editor. Consi ...

(1547–1624), Italian actor *

Gaetano Scala Gaetano Scala (born 6 December 1932) is an Italian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi del ...

(born 1932), Italian pentathlete *

Gia Scala Gia Scala (born Josephine Grace Johanna Scoglio; March 3, 1934 – April 30, 1972) was a British-American actress. Early life Scala was born March 3, 1934, in Liverpool, England, to Sicilian father Pietro Scoglio, and Irish mother Eileen O'S ...

(1934–1972), Anglo-American actress * Jerry Scala (1924–1993), American baseball player *

Lauren Scala Lauren Scala (born February 10, 1982) is a television reporter in New York City. She currently serves as a features reporter/host for WNBC's daily lifestyle show "New York Live." From 2010 until 2012, Lauren has been the host of WNBC's Live Int ...

(born 1982), American television reporter *

Mim Scala Emilio "Mim" Scala (born 1940) was the co-founder, with Sir William Pigott-Brown, of the London-based television, film and theatrical agency Scala Brown Associates. Early life and career Born in London in 1940, Mim Scala attended St Augustine' ...

(born 1940), English talent agent * Nevio Scala (born 1947), Italian soccer coach * Salvatore Scala (1944–2008), New York mobster * Tina Scala (born 1935), Italian-American actress *

Vincenzo Scala Vincenzo Scala (Naples, 1839 - after 1893) was an Italian painter. Vincenzo studied at the Institute of Fine Arts of Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capita ...

( 1839–1893), Italian painter

Places and buildings

Australia

La Scala, Fortitude Valley La Scala is a heritage-listed detached house at 517 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Ramsay Hall and built . It was originally known as ''Craig Athol''. It was added to the ...

, heritage-listed house in Brisbane, Australia

Italy

La Scala La Scala (, , ; abbreviation in Italian of the official name ) is a famous opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the ' (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performan ...

, an opera house in Milan, Italy *

La Scala, San Miniato La Scala is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of San Miniato, province of Pisa. La Scala is about 48 km from Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling t ...

, a village in the province of Pisa, Italy * Scala, Campania, a village on the Amalfi Coast in Italy

Thailand

Scala Cinema (Bangkok) The Scala Cinema ( th, โรงภาพยนตร์สกาล่า) was a thousand-seat movie theater in Bangkok, Thailand, named after the Teatro alla Scala, Milan's opera house. Scala opened on 31 December 1969 with a screening of '' ...

, a cinema (movie theater) in Bangkok, Thailand

United Kingdom

* Scala (club), a nightclub in London *

Scala Theatre The Scala Theatre was a theatre in Charlotte Street, London, off Tottenham Court Road. The first theatre on the site opened in 1772, and the theatre was demolished in 1969, after being destroyed by fire. From 1865 to 1882, the theatre was kn ...

, a 1772–1969 theatre in London * The Scala (Oxford), later Phoenix Picturehouse cinema, Oxford, England * The Scala Picture House (1912–2008, later Cine City, Withington), Manchester, England

Science and technology

Computing

* FF Scala (1990), a typeface by Martin Majoor ** FF Scala Sans (1993), a typeface by Martin Majoor *

Scala (programming language) Scala ( ) is a strong statically typed general-purpose programming language that supports both object-oriented programming and functional programming. Designed to be concise, many of Scala's design decisions are aimed to address criticisms of ...

, a functional/object-oriented programming language * Scala (software), a program for creating musical scales

Species

* ''

Trigonostoma scala ''Trigonostoma scala'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. Description The length of the shell attains 32.5 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Senegal Seneg ...

'' a species of sea snail in the family Cancellariidae * '' Turbonilla scala'', a species of sea snail in the family Pyramidellidae * '' Veprecula scala'', a species of sea snail in the family Raphitomidae

Other uses

Scala case On January 15, 1978, a fire in Barcelona's Scala nightclub killed four people. The ensuing trial was known as the Scala case. The incident In the morning of Sunday January 15, 1978, a demonstration organized by the anarcho-syndicalist trade un ...

, a 1978 fire in Barcelona and the ensuing trial