Breaking: Charles Dutoit is reinstated in France

The Swiss conductor, accused of serious sexual offences and stripped of many honours, has been given a clean bill of health by the Orchestre National de France.

He will step in to conduct Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust in Paris next Tuesday in place of a sick Emmanuel Krivine.

#Metoo never really happened in the EU.

Dutoit was the ONF’s music director in the 1990s. Evidently, they have no bad memories.

DIMANCHE 3 FÉVRIER 2019 – 19H
PHILHARMONIE DE PARIS
HECTOR BERLIOZ La Damnation de Faust
John Osborn ténor (Faust)
Kate Lindsey mezzo-soprano (Marguerite)
Nahuel Di Pierro basse (Méphistophélès)
Edwin Crossley-Mercer baryton-basse (Brander)
Maîtrise de Radio France
Sofi Jeannin chef de chœur
Chœur de Radio France
Martina Batiˇc chef de chœur
Orchestre National de France
Charles Dutoit direction
Concert diffusé le 7 février sur France Musique.