The German conductor has postponed his return to duty after having a second bout of surgery on his Achilles heel. He has cancelled an appearance this weekend at the Janáček Brno Festival where he will be replaced by incoming Covent Garden chief, Jakub Hrusa.
Thielemann expects to resume at the Berlin Staatsoper some time next month.
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From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Where has my week gone? Much of it was spent plundering a coffin of one of the most captivating violinists that ever lived. David Oistrakh, Odessa born (thus […]
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Church sources report that Ian Keatley, director of music at Southwark Cathedral, has collapsed and died while on holiday. Ian was 42. No further details have been communicated. The Ulster Society of Organists and Choirmasters […]
