It was only last June that Theater Hagen chose Hermes Helfricht as its next General Music Director, starting later this year. Helfricht, 33, is presently first Kapellmeister at Theater Bonn and the Hagen offer was a vertical career move.
But he’s just told Hagen that he’s had a better offer from Erfurt, and he’d like to cancel his contract.
Sounds like he’ll go far.
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Opera Theater of St. Louis has named international soprano Patricia Racette as its next artistic director. Racette, 59, is still singing major roles in Italy. The post St Louis picks Patricia appeared first on Slippedisc.
The Russian Ministry of Culture has finally named an artistic director for the Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra, which has been headless for more than two years. Ivan Niforchin (pictured), 29, replaces Pavel Kogan who […]
Sammy Sussman, the freelance journalist who first reported the sexual misdeeds of two players who were subsequently sacked, has gained access to court filings by the New York Philharmonic with explicit details on the assaults […]
