Frédéric Olivieri, director of the corps de ballet at La Scala Milan from 2002-07 and again from 2017-2020, is back – at least for the next two years. He replaces Manuel Legris, who departed with sovrintendente Dominique Meyer.
He is the first recruitment by the new chief, Fortunato Ortombina.
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