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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The Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano has forbidden soprano Christina Daletska to wear Ukrainian national colours on its stage. The dress, she was told, violates Swiss neutrality. Report here. The post Swiss orchestra neuters […]
The Samling Institute’s Lost and Found at the Glasshouse, Gateshead on 12 July 2024, will provide an opportunity to hear the current crop of Samling Academy Singers in action, performing music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, […]
Message received: On January 17, Mary O’Reilly, who was the first violinist in our orchestra from 1988 to 2003, died. Mary O’Reilly was born in Irvington, New Jersey, and her musical journey took her to […]
