Just in: Gergiev’s out of Bayreuth
mainValery Gergiev has dropped out of tonight’s Tannhäuser at a few hours’ notice due to ‘a bereavement in his inner family circle’.
Christian Thielemann steps in
Aufgrund eines Trauerfalls im engsten Familienkreis ist es Valery Gergiev am 13. August 2019 leider nicht möglich, die Aufführung „Tannhäuser“ zu dirigieren. Dafür haben die Bayreuther Festspiele volles Verständnis und sprechen ihm ihr aufrichtiges Beileid aus.
— Bayreuther Festspiele (@WagnerFestival) August 13, 2019
Gergiev is due to conduct Simon Boccanegra in Salzburg in two days’ time.
UPDATE: Katharina Wagner’s announcement that Gergiev had been replaced by Thielemann was greeted with thunderous applause.
Die Chefin sagt die Umbesetzung persönlich an, als der Name CT fällt, tosender Applaus… pic.twitter.com/DDQ6ILYB8B
— Elmar Linsmeier (@ElmarLinsmeier) August 13, 2019
So there you are.
It is possible to conduct Tannhäuser without rehearsals.
Wonder if CT will get bad press?
I am not sure if Gergiev had any rehearsals anyway…. in two days he is conducts Bocanegra in Salzburg. This will be probably done without any rehearsals…
First, CT has conducted Tannhäuser MANY times in Bayreuth.
Second, a conductor or a singer having to replace another in a short notice is something that happens all the time.
Yes, and I’m sure an experienced opera conductor like VG would agree to that.
One agrees WITH sth.
One agrees TO do sth.
Zustimmen.
I don’t agree with you.
We disagree on this issue.
VG would agree to those demands.
Gustavo: He won’t. CT has divine status in Bayreuth, and by the way, he knows the score.
Yes, I know.
CT is the only great German conductor.
A shame he didn’t get the Berliner Phil after being so popular in Munich.
But his time will come.
By the way, all other conductors from abroad are fake Wagnerians.
They should better leave their fingers off Wagner.
Others from abroad like, say, Toscanini, or Solti, or Phillippe Jordan (to pick a living foreigner)………….
Yes, like Barenboim, Boulez, Levine, Nelsons, Petrenko.
[irony]
Oh, I forgot Rattle.
Munich was happy to get rid of them. His contract in Dresden has been hardly extended.
Better not mention his Munich years…
Thieleman’s time has come. Just not in Berlin.
Yeah, let’s dig up Karl Muck and clone him!
The Netrebkos whizzing off to their Baku summer resort and Valery cancelling at very short notice (for whatever reason) – all this has a bitter aftertaste.
Another excellent decision
“Inner family circle”
My pet dog of 13 years fits into that definition.
Son of Sam?
His mother died. Sometimes it’s better not to comment when you don’t have all information.
Seems like the Bayreuth audience really lucked out this time …
…with the dull Dresden version.
Why didn’t they bring in Kober?
Thielemann (the Musikdirektor) as a replacement is rediculous.
They must have been pretty desperate.
Since you asked, the person who died is Gergiev’s mother. Since you wondered, Thielemann was nearer than Kober on such short notice. Still think it’s “rediculous”?
I wasn’t asking who died.
I was wondering why a conductor with devine status in Bayreuth is being used as a replacement.
Nevertheless, it can be seen as a great gesture.
Anything CT touches turns to gold.
Even Tranhäuser in Gayreuth.
Despite his well-earned status in BT, one could view it as CT taking his position seriously and ensuring a first-class replacement.
He’s taking back control.
Not to add that Thielemann is doing Lohengrin tonight. He was already in town.
His densely packed schedule is astonishing.
Hope is doesn’t get a burn-out.
(Wotans Abschied und Feuerzauber playing in the background)
“…and Valery cancelling at very short notice (for whatever reason)…” Rather not to comment, than comment in an disrespectful way and then trying to talk out of that. 🙁
is Netrebko a relative?
Or Putin?
Gergiev’s mother died this morning. Thielemann was simply nearer than Kober. Hope this sounds less “rediculous” now. Since you asked.
But yes, there applause was thunderous when Katharina announced it, and even more thunderous at the end. No booing, including none for the production itself.
That sounds like green-hill propaganda.
Apparently his mother died.
CT is such a bore. I slept through last year while he conducted T&I. Same with Parsifal.
Kober is much better.
He is a good symphonic but not opera conductor.
You are a true insider.
I think our Anglo-Saxon friends who wish they could be proper Wagnerians simply can’t see through the ringmaster.
He is a show-man, a smart aleck, and quite an arrogant narcissist.
Ask Andris!
Ask the Munich Philharmonic!
Kober is quite the opposite.