Christian Thielemann

...his original contract as its chief conductor beyond that date until 2018. Meanwhile, his prime rival and contemporary Christian Thielemann is leaving the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in a huff and moving to the venerable Staatskapelle...

In this article: Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, Simon Rattle, Daniel Harding, Daniel Barenboim, Caruso St John, and Berlin Philharmonic

After Celibidache's sudden death in 1996, James Levine took over as chief conductor of the orchestra, serving until 2004. Christian Thielemann became the orchestra's music director in 2004, joined by Wouter Hoekstra as Intendant.

In this article: Munich Philharmonic, Anton Bruckner, Munich, Sergiu Celibidache, Bavarian State Orchestra, World War I, World War II, and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Christian Thielemann (born 1 April 1959, in Berlin) is a German conductor . Thielemann started his musical career aged 19 as a Korrepetitor at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Heinrich Hollreiser and assistant to Herbert von Karajan. He made...

In this article: Deutsche Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin, Munich Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Dresden, Elektra, Heinrich Hollreiser, Udo Zimmermann, and Wilhelm Furtwangler

...on DVD. She also appeared as Sieglinde at Covent Garden and at the Bayreuther Festspiele in the summer of 2008 under Christian Thielemann. At La Theatre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels she debuted as Leonora in Verdi's La Forza del...

In this article: Don Giovanni, Tosca, Amsterdam, DVD, and Paris

The production company Opus Arte will also release an audio recording of the complete Ring Cycle, conducted by Christian Thielemann in 2008. Thielemann's Die Walkuere will be released in 2010. Seattle Opera offers magnificent 'Ring' revival

In this article: Hildegard Behrens, E mail, Seattle Opera, and Tokyo

It is scheduled for release in November 2009. The production company Opus Arte will also release an audio recording of the complete Ring Cycle, conducted by Christian Thielemann in 2008. Thielemann's Die Walkuere will be released in 2010.

In this article: DVD, Die Walkuere, Richard Wagner, and Britain

...in Barcelona, like those in the Canaries, was quiet and attentive (in contrast to a recent symphonic concert conducted there by Christian Thielemann, who lectured listeners on their incessant coughing). And that's saying a lot, given the...

In this article: Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Barcelona, Canary Islands, Lisbon, Leonidas Kavakos, and Sergei Prokofiev

...classic on the Internet. It is interesting to compare her "Four Last Songs" on the new Strauss CD, under the direction of Christian Thielemann, with the earlier account of the same piece she recorded with Christoph Eschenbach. The new...

In this article: Renee Fleming, Richard Strauss, Maria Callas, Lucrezia Borgia, Christoph Eschenbach, Peter Gelb, Gaetano Donizetti, Four Last Songs, and Lang Lang

...Katharina, 29, who made her directing debut at the festival this summer. She has proposed a leadership triumvirate with Christian Thielemann, the conductor, and Peter Ruzicka, the former director of the Salzburg Festival. Wolf-Dieter...

In this article: Richard Wagner and Salzburg Festival

...of talks between the chancellor and cultural figures ... a totally absurd idea." He subsequently met with conductor Christian Thielemann, a possible candidate for musical director. But if that was meant to signal that he was not...

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