Nicholas Milton is leaving the Saarland state theatre after just one term as music director.
‘Personal reasons’ are what it says in the press release.
Milton, 48, took up the post in 2014. He leaves in summer 2018.
Nicholas Milton is leaving the Saarland state theatre after just one term as music director.
‘Personal reasons’ are what it says in the press release.
Milton, 48, took up the post in 2014. He leaves in summer 2018.
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This – http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/wirtschaft/sz-wirtschaft/Saarbruecken;art449428,6118044 – may have also played a role…
“Insbesondere die Führungs-Equipe sollte sich der neue Theaterchef selbst aussuchen können, weshalb Verträge selbst von höchst erfolgreichen Chefdirigenten, Chefdramaturgen oder Ballettchefs meist nicht mehr verlängert werden. In Saarbrücken jedoch können sowohl Generalmusikdirektor Nicholas Milton wie auch Tanzcompany-Chef Stijn Celis eine Spielzeit länger bleiben als die im Sommer 2017 nach Braunschweig wechselnde Intendantin Dagmar Schlingmann.”