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, in Mexico, Egypt, Cuba and Colombia from 2010–2013 * Nissan Latio (also as Almera, S ...

, 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 ...

, a Czech compact hatchback

Music

* Scala (band), an English electronic music group * Escala (group), 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 Wil ...

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, a 1911–27 British record label *

Scala Radio Scala Radio is a classical music digital radio station in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Bauer Radio since its launch in March 2019. The station broadcasts nationally on DAB via the Sound Digital multiplex and online through websites ...

, a classical music digital radio station launched in 2019 * SCALA (Songwriters, Composers, and Lyricists Association) - see Adelaide music organizations

Organizations

Scala (company) Scala is a producer of multimedia software. It was founded in 1987 as a Norwegian company called Digital Visjon. It is headquartered near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and has subsidiaries in Europe and Asia. History In 1987 a young Norweg ...

, 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 ...

People

Alessandra Scala Alessandra Scala (1475–1506) was a Florentine humanist and scholar of Latin and Greek in the late fifteenth century. Biography Alessandra Scala was the fifth daughter of the chancellor of Florence at the time, Bartolomeo Scala, and was born ...

(1475–1506), Italian poet and scholar * Bartolomeo Scala (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, Lazio ...

(1929–2004), Italian ballerina and actress *

Enea Scala Enea Scala is an Italian operatic tenor in the belcanto field, known internationally as a performer of Rossini's roles such as Rinaldo in Armida, Argirio in Tancredi, Pirro in Hermione, Idreno in Semiramide and Otello. He has appeared at major ...

(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. Consid ...

(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 de ...

(born 1932), Italian pentathlete * Gia Scala (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 Nevio Scala (; born 22 November 1947) is an Italian football sporting director, coach and former player. Throughout his footballing career, he played as a midfielder for several Italian clubs, and won several titles during his time with A.C. Mi ...

(born 1947), Italian soccer coach *

Salvatore Scala Salvatore Scala (1944 – December 30, 2008), also known as "Fat Sal" and "Uncle Sal", was a New York mobster who became a '' caporegime'' in the Gambino crime family. Scala was born in Fort Lee, New Jersey, to first-generation immigrants from ...

(1944–2008), New York mobster *

Tina Scala Tina Scala (July 16, 1935 – January 10, 2022) was an Italian-born American actress, model, singer and poet. Early life The daughter of an Italian father and an Irish mother, Scala's early life was one of privilege. As Agatina Carmen Maria Scog ...

(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 ...

, a village in the province of Pisa, Italy *

Scala, Campania Scala is a town and ''comune ''in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is located on a rocky hill c. 400 m over the sea level and is part of the Amalfi Coast. History According to an ancient and unproven tra ...

, 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 '' Th ...

, a cinema (movie theater) in Bangkok, Thailand

United Kingdom

Scala (club) Scala is a former cinema turned nightclub and live music venue in Pentonville Road, London, England, near King's Cross railway station. History The Scala was originally built as a cinema to the designs of H Courtney Constantine, but constr ...

, a nightclub in London * Scala Theatre, 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 Cine City (originally named the Scala Cinema) was a cinema in Withington, Manchester, England located at 494 Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 3BG. It opened in 1912 as The Scala, and was the third cinema to open in Britain. When the po ...

), Manchester, England

Science and technology

Computing

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

FF Scala Sans FF Scala Sans is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Dutch designer Martin Majoor in 1993 for the Vredenburg Music Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It was designed as a companion to Majoor's earlier serif old style typeface FF Scala, d ...

(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

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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 ''Turbonilla scala'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic ...

'', a species of sea snail in the family Pyramidellidae * ''

Veprecula scala ''Veprecula scala'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. Description The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm. (Original description) The slender, fusiform shell is excavate at the ...

'', 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 trad ...

, a 1978 fire in Barcelona and the ensuing trial