Claudio Abbado is returning to La Scala after a 20-year absence, and the city is planting 90,000 trees in his honor.Abbado will conduct Mahler's "Eighth Symphony" in two concerts in June 2010, plus a rehearsal open to youth, his first concerts with La Scala's orchestra since departing as musical director in 1985 after 17 years, La Scala's general manager Stephane Lissner announced Tuesday.Abbado's last appearance at La Scala was with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1987.Abbado, 75, requested that...
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