La Scala leader seeks 'historic change'

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: May 5, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Alan Riding
International Herald Tribune
05-05-2005
For all the poison and politics that accompanied the recent management meltdown at La Scala, Stephane Lissner never hesitated last month when he was invited to become the first non-Italian in 227 years to run the legendary Milan opera house. Before accepting the job, though, he did call one old friend, the French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.''He told me, 'A chance like this comes once in a lifetime,''' Lissner said with an unabashed smile. It was not a chance that the 52-year-old Frenchman could have anticipated. Last December, La ...

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