Berlin said Wednesday German maestro Christian Thielemann would succeed world-renowned conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim as general musical director of its State Opera following his resignation due to ill health.
Argentina-born Barenboim, 80, announced in January that he was stepping down at the fabled institution, one of Europe's most prestigious classical music venues, after he was diagnosed with a"serious neurological condition".
His production last year of Wagner's "Ring" cycle at the Staatsoper"was unanimously described as phenomenal", the daily Berliner Zeitung said. Thielemann, 64, is still under contract as chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden until next year and is seen as having elevated it to one of the top orchestras in the German-speaking world.
However his packed schedule of engagements for years to come on stages in Vienna, Salzburg and Milan led observers to wonder whether he was interested in the job."Because I can also stay without. I have more freedom to do certain guest conducting which I haven't done before, or not for a long time."
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