pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/la-scalas-manager-wants-italian-music-director-095910098.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W68A3wC0zXL7PXWdt_cK0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-06T095910Z_1_CBRE9550RSY00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ITALY-LASCALA-PEREIRA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Director of Zurich Opera House Pereira poses in the foyer of the opera house in Zurich" align="left" title="Director of Zurich Opera House Pereira poses in the foyer of the opera house in Zurich" border="0" //aVIENNA (Reuters) - Alexander Pereira, the next manager of Italian opera house La Scala, would like to have an Italian music director, ideally Riccardo Muti or Claudio Abbado, he told an Austrian newspaper. Pereira, an Austrian who is now artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, will take over at the helm of Italy#039;s best-known opera theatre in 2015, replacing current general manager Stephan Lissner, who is moving to Paris. quot;If there is a non-Italian manager, there should be an Italian music director,quot; Pereira told Kurier in an interview published on Thursday. .../pbr clear="all"/
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