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The article features Italian maestro Riccardo Chailly who returns to La Scala in Milan, Italy as the opera company's principal conductor in January 2015 before becoming music director in 2017. It cites Chailly's professional debut in La Scala in 1978 and his views about the difficult financial situation facing La Scala and the arts and his working relationship with general director Alexander Pereira. His comments on La Scala's stability and his plan to focus on Italian opera are also noted. |