FILE -- Daniel Barenboim, general music director of the Berlin State Opera and the Staatskapelle Berlin, speaks during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, June 4, 2019.

Thielemann has been chosen as the new general music director of Berlin's Staatsoper, months after Daniel Barenboim ended his three-decade reign, the city government said Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

Daniel Barenboim, Titan of Conducting, to Step Down in Berlin The 80-year-old conductor, citing poor health, said he would resign as general music director of the Berlin State Opera after three ...

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. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) ...

BERLIN (AP) — Christian Thielemann has been chosen as the new general music director of Berlin’s Staatsoper, months after Daniel Barenboim ended his three-decade reign, the city government ...

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. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) ...