It is in Rome, where on April 16 he will conduct a gala concert in streaming with the Orchestra of the Accademia Santa Cecilia, and where he is about to release a new recording of
A Hero's Life.
by Strauss (Warner), whom Sir Antonio Pappano learned last week of his appointment as head of the London Symphony Orchestra.
From September 2023, he will succeed Sir Simon Rattle (whose announcement of his departure for Munich at the end of January created a surprise), first as deputy chef and then principal chef a year later.
Pappano is familiar with the London phalanx, whom he has known as a neighbor as musical director of Covent Garden since 2002. The day after his appointment, he told us from the Eternal City of his ambitions, his projects, but also his hopes while Covent Garden is due to reopen in a month.
Interview with broken rod.
LE FIGARO.
- Did you expect the London Symphony to bring you the Sir Simon Rattle suite?
Antonio PAPPANO.
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No, it was a shock.
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