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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