A fight at the opera as conductor quits Italy for new role in America

Rome's Teatro dell'Opera theatre threatens to sue New York Met for poaching world-renowned Italian conductor Fabio LuisiOpera houses on both sides of the Atlantic have become involved in a tale of stolen talent, bitter recrimination and nasty injuries that would do justice to any of the great emotional works.But the action, which shifts from New York to Rome to Vienna, is all offstage and centres on world-renowned Italian conductor Fabio Luisi, who has left several opera houses in the lurch afte...

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