Guido Cantelli

Guido Cantelli, c.1953

Guido Cantelli (Italian: [ˈɡwi.do kanˈtɛl.li]; 27 April 1920  24 November 1956) was an Italian orchestral conductor. Toscanini elected him his "spiritual heir" since the beginnings of his career. He was named Music Director of La Scala, Milan in November 1956, but his promising career was cut short only one week later by his death at the age of 36 in the 1956 Paris DC-6 crash in France en route to the United States.