On June 2, to celebrate Italy's Festa della Repubblica, maestro Georges Pretre -- who, by the way, will conduct Vienna's New Year 2008 Concert -- will conduct the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala in a Free concert in Milan's Piazza del Duomo. Opera Chic, very tempted to drive to Forte dei Marmi for a nice weekend there, is now tempted to stay behind to enjoy the very unusual concert.
And in Vienna, in glorious Schönbrunn, tomorrow night Valery Gergiev will conduct the VPO (ze vee-nuhr) in a Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky program.
