The Maid of Orleans
After the Second World War, he conducted mostly in Italy, notably at La Scala in Milan (1947–52; his first appearance there was in "Samson et Dalila"). In Italy, too, he conducted several local premieres such as "Capriccio" in Genoa, "Mazeppa" and "The Maid of Orleans" in Florence. He championed the new opera "I due timidi" by Nino Rota (better known as a composer of numerous film scores). For the 1949–50 season he was guest conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, giving performances of works such as "Tristan und Isolde", "Rigoletto", "La traviata", and "Carmen".