Dominique Meyer, 68, outgoing director of La Scala in Milan, will join the Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne on July 15, La Scala announced. The French manager will remain director of La Scala until the end of his mandate on February 28, 2025, the Milanese institution said in a press release.
In Lausanne, Dominique Meyer will be joined on September 1 by Julie Mestre, currently general director of the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, as director of operations. « The duo will work in close collaboration with artistic director Renaud Capuçon, » the press release concludes.
Dominique Meyer, who had unsuccessfully applied for a renewal of her mandate at La Scala, had assured us at the end of May that she was leaving her post in complete « serenity », without « bitterness ». « A minister has decided to dismiss me from La Scala, but life goes on, » he had declared, referring to the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, who had set the age limit for directors of lyric theaters at 70, thus effectively preventing the renewal of the mandate of Mr. Meyer, who will reach that age in August 2025.
