Two women replace sick Christian Thielemann
OrchestrasThe Staatskapelle Dresden has lost its former maestro to illness for a European tour, starting next Sunday.
Jumping in at Dresden, Vienna and Hamburg is Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (pictured.
Taking over in Paris, Essen, Cologne and Vienna (again) is Marie Jacquot.
Lucky they were free at short notice.
It’s a real shame that Thielemann had to cancel his tour with the Staatskapelle Dresden. He’s never usually ill and lots of people are probably upset, especially the Viennese. I hope he will be better in time for his concert with the Concertgebouw Orchestra next month, which I’ll be attending.
In Paris too are lots of people upset.
Me too. Both of them. He was in splendid form last Saturday in Vienna. A magnificent Lohengrin, despite the awful new production.
I had tickets to see him conduct Bruckner’s 5th while in Amsterdam on vacation in 2001 and he had to cancel.
Either can only be an improvement on the Great White Schlepp.
What a disappointment !
D. Harding or C. Meister would have been a better choice.
Meister yes. Harding no.
Anyone is a better choice than Christian Tillman. While we are at it why not change the heading to two non men replace maestro.
Tyla-frau statt Thielemann
Jacquot is an excellent improvement! Good for me^^
Depending on the program.
Thielemann or Jacquot?
Man or Woman?
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnaxelrod/p/is-christian-thielemann-the-last?r=3m1of0&utm_medium=ios
Or
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnaxelrod/p/is-marie-jacquot-the-next-great-french?r=3m1of0&utm_medium=ios
Both conductors managed by Nora Pötter who sells the tour, so all the honey stays in the same pot. Very easy to forsee.
Do you know if Nora Pötter sells the tours of the Wiener and Berliner Philharmoniker (september 2024 and may 2025)?
Strange that they did not ask Daniele Gatti as the next Music Director of the Orchestra. Or maybe they asked but he still is persona non grata for the cities/organizations hosting the orchestra? In any case a strange decision to have a new music director who had been fired by another orchestra for sexual misconduct.
So stunning and brave (puke)
I’m sure there were many others available, this is blatant discrimination against men and people of superior training and experience.
are they trying to say 2 women conductors are equivalent to 1 white male?
Norman should have put simply “Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and Marie Jaquot replace Thielemann” . that is clear enough, indeed!
You have just failed an audition as a headline writer. Doi not reapply.
Funny!
Regrettable misogynist headline.
Reducing the conductors in the headline to “two women conductors” is disrespectful and misogynistic. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla was a Dudamel fellow, conducted in Birmingham, and has a Grammy-winning album. Marie Jacquot is the principal conductor with the royal Danish orchestra and was, just last year, principal guest conductor in Vienna. Show some respect!