At La Scala, a patrician populism?

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: December 17, 2003| Author: George Loomis | Copyright information


International Herald Tribune

12-17-2003

Can La Scala afford to remain elite at any cost? The question underlies the long-running dispute between the opera house's music director, Riccardo Muti, and its superintendent, Carlo Fontana.For now, Muti's patrician, uncompromising artistic standards have prevailed, but you can't blame Fontana for trying to address the theater's problems: a Û9 million (about $11 million) deficit, declining governmental support and perennial...

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