Music director says sorry for ‘unfortunate timing’
OrchestrasDonald Runnicles, who is leaving Deutsche Oper Berlin as GMD for a softer job in Dresden, has apologised to his musicians for the ‘unglückliches Timing’ of the overlap.
He promised to give the Berliners his full attention until he leaves.
This could be a first.
Being a maestro generally means you never have to say sorry.
He still has to survive Intermezzo first (if he doesn’t cancel).
Come on, Norman, that comment is not true of every maestro.
That probably is why Norman said “generally” and not “always”.
Going to Dresden is certainly not to take “softer job”.
Why is he standing in the middle of a field with a baton?
Because he’s outstanding in his field!
(Sorry.)
Excellent….I enjoyed that! We need more wit and less wile anyway.
Because he’s extremely hard of hearing. The concertmaster asked for a clearer beat but Runnicles thought he said ‘clear some wheat’. Easy mistake.
Stabbing butterflies.
Because stabbing the viola players, is frowned upon.
In hopes of the leaves and grasses looking up more than the orchestra has……
In his San Francisco Opera days they affectionately referred to him as Donald Ruin-nicles.
That’s because Donald is a fine human being!
Timing? Hmmm.
Why did I take all those years of German in school if they’re just going to end up speaking English anyway?
I get the creeping intrusion of new tech terms like “gedownloadet” but it’s not like German had no previous discussions of time they could draw on.
Google offers “Zeitpunkt” as a more German alternative.
Let’s be honest … as a Berliner I’m not really unhappy when he leaves us. I’ve heard him umteenth times the last 10 years … and I’m nor amused. He’s – and I don’t mean to be mean – downright mediocre.
Ai article? A softer job? Mkay