Principal Conductors/Music Directors of La Scala
- Franco Faccio, (1871–1889)
- Arturo Toscanini, (1898–1908)
- Tullio Serafin, (1909–1914, 1917–1918)
- La Scala closed from 1918 to 1920
- Arturo Toscanini, (1921–1929)
- Victor de Sabata, (1930–1953)
- Carlo Maria Giulini, (1953–1956)
- Guido Cantelli, (1956)
- Gianandrea Gavazzeni, (1966–1968)
- Claudio Abbado, (1968–1986)
- Riccardo Muti, (1986–2005)
- Daniel Barenboim, (2006–2011, Maestro Scaligero; music director effective December 2011)
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