Originally posted by slarty
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The two of them have recently fallen out over a number of Bayreuth-related issues, so Petrenko - who apparently turned it down before - is now willing to take it on.
Anyway, I can only comment on Petrenko as an opera conductor, which has formed most of his career to date (like Thielemann again, in fact).
He conducted Rosenkavalier in London a while back and that was very fine indeed.
It may be that the Berliners want to go back to Salzburg from Baden-Baden to which they have been relegated in recent summers - hence the need for an opera man. It is Thielemann (again), and his Dresden band, who now have this gig.
All in all, Petrenko is an imaginative choice - and he is very highly regarded by those who have played for him.
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