After months of politically stirred speculation, the Bavarian government this morning awarded new contracts to Serge Dorny and Vladimir Jurowski as intendant and GMD of Bavarian State Opera.
Dorny, 62, gets five more years, Jurowski, 62, gets three.
Picture from this morning’s press conference.
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