The Italian media, ever keen to make a drama out of a comedy of errors, has found another candidate for the music directorship of La Scala. After the new boss, Alexander Pereira, leaked to Corriere that Riccardo Chailly was taking the job – only for Chailly to insist the information was premature – La Reppublica has learned that Fabio Luisi is now in the running, apparently as the orchestra’s preferred candidate. No confirmation from any quarter, least of all Mr Luisi.
A prime Stradivarius violin, wrecked when a Dresden concertmaster sat on it in 1910, has been paintakingly restored and will be played again in a Staatskapelle concert. The violin, made in 1734, was originally bought in Paris in 1833 for 875 thaler. Full story here (auf Deutsch).