Breaking: Chailly cancels Berlin Philharmonic
mainHe’s unwell.
Marek Janowski will take over next week’s three performances of the Verdi Requiem.
Comments
MOST READ TODAY:
-
Daily Comfort Zone
A rediscovered lullaby from Auschwitz
Leo Geyer, a doctoral student at Oxford University…
-
Opera
Guess what? New operagoers prefer old operas
Memo to Peter Gelb: Don’t read the Opera…
-
News
Hilary Hahn: I’m under AI attack
The US violinist has posted this message on…
-
RIP
Paavo Järvi mourns a leading string player
The conductor has posted a memorial notice for…
If he is really unwell, why is he conducting «Madama Butterfly» at La Scala the day after tomorrow?
Well, It’s Riccardo Chailly who conducts…not replaced.
It’s really upsetting when artists use health reasons which are evidently untrue.
Chailly 01/06 has canceled Berlin’s concerts (01/12-14-15) because of illness, but 01/08 has regularly conducted 3h05m of Puccini in Milan.
Is it a dirty trick?
Frederic, have you ever become ill in the six days following some successful endeavor? Perhaps too ill to lead multiple rehearsals and three performances of a major choral work in one of the world’s most major venues? If not, I’d suggest you keep your boring and needless thoughts to yourself.
John Terragni, I suppose?