. . MUSIC: CLASSICAL: OPERA : MUSIC CLASSICAL CONDUCTORS: MEDICAL: INJURIES: SPINAL: James Levine Withdraws From Met Fall Season . . James Levine Withdraws From Met Fall Season September 6, 2011, 2:18 pm By DANIEL J. WAKIN New York Times Art Beathttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/ james-levine-withdraws-from-met-fall-season/
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/3egdfyd . .James Levine, the Metropolitan Operas music director, has withdrawn from all performances at the Met for the rest of the year after falling while on vacation in Vermont and damaging a vertebra, the house said on Tuesday. Mr. Levine had emergency surgery on Thursday. The injury comes after a series of health problems, including back operations and periods of rehabilitation to correct a painful spinal condition called stenosis, have curtailed Mr. Levines activities.
.I dont think theres anybody whos more frustrated and upset than he is, Peter Gelb, the Mets general manager, said of Mr. Levine. Obviously its very disappointing for everybody in the company.
.While the Met said Mr. Levine would remain music director, it elevated its principal guest conductor, Fabio Luisi, to the title of principal conductor and handed over to him most of Mr. Levines fall conducting assignments, including a new production of Mozarts Don Giovanni, opening on Oct. 13, and the third installment of a new and expensive Ring cycle, Siegfried, on Oct. 27. Louis Langr was engaged to conduct some Don Giovanni performances and Derrick Inouye was assigned a Nov. 1 Siegfried.
.Mr. Levine has struggled to return from a series of setbacks that have forced his withdrawal from several performances over the past five years. He had surgery to repair his rotator cuff, injured in another fall; the removal of a kidney because of a cancerous tumor and two back operations. It was an operation on his back that led to complications that, he said, pushed him to make the decision earlier this year to leave the Boston Symphony, where he was the music director.
.Mr. Gelb rejected the suggestion that Mr. Levines latest health setback would lead to his departure from the Met.
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