She built a house by the lake, but she’s leaving the festival

She built a house by the lake, but she’s leaving the festival

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norman lebrecht

August 19, 2022

The Bregenz Festival has confirmed that Elisabeth Sobotka will step down as artistic director when she joins Barenboim’s Berlin Staatsoper in 2o24.

The Austrian director has been in charge at Bregenz in 2015. Only last month she was telling journalists that her job each year was to build a house by the lake.

Tye Bregenz board has advertised the vacancy and expects to make an appointment by April 2023.

Comments

  • Dominic Stafford says:

    She’ll re-join the Berlin Staatsoper…

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