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Franz Welser-Moest quits as Vienna State Opera music chief, citing differences with director
Original Publication Date: September 4, 2014 11:02PM
Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 10:12PM
VIENNA – Franz Welser-Moest is quitting as music director of the Vienna State Opera, citing differences with opera director Dominique Meyer.
Welser-Moest says his resignation is immediate and he will not conduct or participate in any of this year’s 34 productions, leaving one of the world’s premier opera houses scrambling for a replacement. His contract was to run until 2018.
In a letter made public Friday, Welser-Moest says that “differences over artistic issues were not solvable in several meetings.”
Meyer, in a statement, called Welser-Moest’s resignation “a great loss.”
Welser-Moest is also the music director for the Cleveland Orchestra.
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