The Berlin State Opera has named Christian Thielemann its new Music Director. Thielemann will succeed Daniel Barenboim in September of 2024. In a statement via social media, Joe Chialo, Berlin’s Culture Senator said, “With Christian Thielemann, we are not only gaining a world-class conductor, but also the logical successor to the great maestro and honorary citizen of Berlin, Daniel Barenboim. I {…}

(Credit: Matthias Creutziger) Christian Thielemann is leaving the Salzburg Easter Festival. According to an article by the New York Times, Thielemann will leave after the 2022 festival after a public fight with Nikolaus Bachler, the festival’s incoming artistic director, over the future of the festival. The battle of wills began over the Staatskapelle Dresden’s role at the festival and the {…}