“Following back surgery on Wednesday, Gianandrea Noseda, the incoming music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, announced today that he was canceling his inaugural concerts in Washington on July 28 and 29,” reports Anne Midgette in last Wednesday’s (6/28) Washington Post. “Noseda suffered a herniated disk Monday while conducting a run of Verdi’s opera ‘Macbeth’ at his home company in Torino, Italy. He had emergency surgery Wednesday and is recovering at home in Torino. His doctor, Michele Naddeo, said the prognosis was good for a full recovery. Noseda was scheduled to lead ‘Carmina Burana’ at Wolf Trap on July 28 and a free concert on the Mall on July 29 celebrating his official accession as NSO music director.… A replacement conductor for the Wolf Trap performance, which involves members of eight choruses from across the city as a special gesture for Noseda’s arrival, is still to be announced…. Noseda’s first official concert with the NSO as the orchestra’s music director will now be the season-opening gala Sept. 24, which celebrates Leonard Bernstein’s centennial, with [cellist] Yo-Yo Ma and [vocalist] Cynthia Erivo. Noseda also said today he would conduct a free concert in Washington at a later date.”
Posted July 5, 2017
