South Korean conductor Myung-whun Chung has been named the new musical director of the famed Milan opera house, Teatro alla ...

La Scala and I have been best friends for 36 years, but now that we’ve become family, I feel a greater sense of ...

Conductor Chung Myung-whun is returning to Teatro alla Scala in Italy as its new music director, some 35 years after he first ...

MILAN (AP) — South Korean conductor Myung-whun Chung was named on Monday the new musical director of the famed Milan opera house, Teatro alla Scala, the first Asian to hold the position.

Leading conductor Chung Myung-whun has been appointed musical director of the world-renowned Italian opera house La Scala (Teatro alla Scala) of Milan to serve from 2027-30. The opera house on May 12 ...

Here he performed the role in 1963 at La Scala.Credit...Erio Piccagliani/Teatro alla Scala Luís Ernesto Alva y Talledo — known professionally as Luigi Alva — was born on April 10, 1927 ...

Teatro alla Scala, the first Asian to hold the position. Chung, 72, will replace Riccardo Chailly at the end of next year, and will remain in the role until general manager and artistic director ...