A towering figure in classical music, Daniel Barenboim returned to Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as a last-minute sub just two weeks after he formally stepped down as Berlin’s State Opera’s music director after 30 years.
Argentine-born pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim poses during an interview with The Associated Press, at La Scala theatre in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Argentine-born pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim poses during an interview with The Associated Press, at La Scala theatre in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.
MILAN — No one was more surprised than Daniel Barenboim himself at the impromptu homecoming to Milan’s Teatro alla Scala as a last-minute sub just two weeks after he formally stepped down as the Berlin’s State Opera’s music director after 30 years. A towering figure in classical music, the 80-year-old conductor and pianist got a call at 7:15 a.m. on Sunday with an unexpected invitation to conduct three Mozart concerts, after Daniel Harding canceled for family reasons. By Wednesday, Barenboim — who left his Berlin post for health reasons — was running rehearsals at La Scala, a theater where he worked for nearly a decade, as chief conductor and then musical director.
“It’s as if I had been away for one week. I was very touched, really,” Barenboim told The Associated Press, saying more than the faces, he found familiarity in “the sound.” There is no question his health remains a chief concern after being diagnosed with what he has described only as a “serious neurological condition.” He moves slowly and takes his time standing up. People who have watched him in rehearsal, however, say his energy is apparent as soon as he picks up the baton.
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