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, a Czech compact hatchback

Music

Scala (band) Scala was an electronic rock band from London, UK formed in 1996 by members of the band Seefeel. They released two singles, three albums, and two EPs over the following two years. History The disintegration of the post-rock band Seefeel in 199 ...

, 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. Mos ...

, 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 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 (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 (1547–1624), Italian actor * Gaetano Scala (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 Gerald Michael Scala (September 27, 1924 – December 14, 1993) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1948 to 1950 for the Chicago White Sox. Originally signed by the New York Yankees in 1942, Scala was sent from the Yankees to ...

(1924–1993), American baseball player * Lauren Scala (born 1982), American television reporter * Mim Scala (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 ( 1839–1893), Italian painter

Places and buildings

Australia

* La Scala, Fortitude Valley, heritage-listed house in Brisbane, Australia

Italy

* La Scala, an opera house in Milan, Italy * La Scala, San Miniato, 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), 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) The Phoenix Picturehouse is a cinema in Oxford, England. It is at 57 Walton Street, Oxford, Walton Street in the Jericho, Oxford, Jericho district of Oxford. The Phoenix used to be an Independent cinema in the United Kingdom, independent cinem ...

, 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 FF Scala is an old-style serif typeface designed by Dutch typeface designer Martin Majoor in 1991 for the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The FF Scala font family was named for the Teatro alla Scala (1776–78) in Milan, ...

(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), a functional/object-oriented programming language *

Scala (software) Scala is a freeware software application with versions supporting Microsoft Windows, Windows, macOS, and Linux. It allows users to create and archive scale (music), musical scales, analyze and transform them with built-in theoretical tools, play ...

, a program for creating musical scales

Species

* '' Trigonostoma scala'' 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, a 1978 fire in Barcelona and the ensuing trial