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Just in: Thielemann, facing surgery, quits La Scala Ring

Just in: Thielemann, facing surgery, quits La Scala Ring

Christian Thielemann has told La Scala he has to undergo surgery next month and cannot conduct Das Rheingold, which opens on October 28. Simone Young and Alexander Soddy will step in.

Since he misses the beginning, Thielemann will withdraw from the whole Ring. (Walkuere opens in February and no conductor has yet been assigned.

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