Christian Thielemann undergoes second leg operation

Christian Thielemann undergoes second leg operation

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

November 14, 2024

The German conductor has postponed his return to duty after having a second bout of surgery on his Achilles heel. He has cancelled an appearance this weekend at the Janáček Brno Festival where he will be replaced by incoming Covent Garden chief, Jakub Hrusa.

Thielemann expects to resume at the Berlin Staatsoper some time next month.

Comments

  • Player says:

    We are all praying for him.

  • Herr Doktor says:

    Achilles Heel injuries are extremely painful. I had a friend who had one and the pain was intense and took a while to resolve. Let’s hope for a speedy and minimally painful recovery for CT.

  • Philipp Lord Chandos says:

    We all love CT.

    He is the Friedrich Merz of classical music.

  • Frank says:

    But how does the surgeon know which is his second leg?

  • Horbus Rohebian says:

    Gives new meaning to the encouragement to performers to ‘break a leg’. All good luck to him.

  • Kankedort says:

    Surely you mean Achilles tendon. An Achilles heel is a myth-based idiom for a weak spot.

  • Philipp Lord Chandos says:

    CT, born 1959, claims to be a contemporary of Richard Strauss.

    Wishful thinking.

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