Milan's mayor and La Scala board chairman Giuliano Pisapia , center left, meets reporters during a news conference in Milan, Italy, Thursday, May 15, 2014. The board of La Scala voted Thursday to oust its incoming general director at the end of his first season in the latest behind-the-scenes melodrama to roil the fabled opera house. Salzburg Festival director Alexander Pereira had been given a five-season contract. But the board voted to oust him after the upcoming 2014-2015 season amid allegations of a conflict of interest. La Scala board chairman Giuliano Pisapia said Pereira overreached his powers by making a deal for La Scala to buy four operas from the Salzburg Festival, where he is still director, before officially assuming his role in La Scala on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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