Salzburg nabs Munich’s best boss
mainThe outgoing Austrian intendant of Bavarian State Opera, Nikolaus Bachler, is to be the next director of Salzburg’s Easter Festival, succeeding Peter Ruzicka.
Bachler finishes in Munich in June 2020. His partnership with music director Kirill Petrenko has been an outstanding success.
From 200 performances p.a. to 8 performances p.a. — in a town with no leather bars. Poor Bachler.
Munich will rejoice at his departure. My condolences to Salzburg.
… and hopefully some of the sickos on his team will follow.
pardon my ignorance.
what is a leather bar?
Is that term codified language for what?
http://www.yourdictionary.com/leather-bar
The most pressing question is how long it will take before he and Thielemann fall out. Two Alpha males (well, sort of)…very unwise.
CT is not an alpha male but a lone wolf, psychologically speaking. Do we know anyone he gets along with, who is not a serf/inferior?
Cue the usual homophobic innuendo so much in evidence on this site should the opportunity arise.
I find it interesting that Salzburg often seems more in Munich’s cultural sphere rather than Vienna’s. This has some important historical and cultural implications.
congratulations to Salzburg, what a fantastic solution, a mega decision indeed!
Bachler has made Munich the top opera on earth, it is no doubt the number one!
His leadership has been respected by the audience and critics alike (if you value any of them nowadays as most have no bloody idea)
Bravo Salzburg, well done!
It’s not quantity Olassus but quality! Kleiber hasn’t done lots but what he has done is peerless! Salzburg at Easter should be honoured to get Bachler!
Surely you meant “Kleiber didn’t do lots ….” He is, sadly, departed.
read carefully! Of course he isn’t anymore!