(ANSA) - MILAN, 07 DEC - Undersecretary for culture Vittorio Sgarbi says that an Italian superintendent is needed at La Scala in Milan.
"I won't comment on this, I've been in Italy for 30 years and the first time I came to La Scala was 1980 - commented the superintendent Dominique Meyer on the sidelines of the Premiere -. I've never felt like a foreigner. And I feel at home wherever it's culture".
"For the first time I heard this harsh word, 'foreigner', it made me feel sorry for myself. I have always been welcomed here very well for 35 years - he added -. I am president of various juries and I have always been welcomed with open arms. It makes me it's worth being considered now as a bad foreigner who doesn't know his job.I've been directing the Paris Opera, the Vienna Opera and now La Scala for 32 seasons.
