The general manager of Berlin's famed Staatsoper is leaving with immediate effect due to differences over programming, the city government said Thursday.
Peter Mussbach has been general manager at the Staatsoper, where Daniel Barenboim remains the music director, since 2002. His contract was set to run through the 2009-2010 season.
The foundation that oversees Berlin's three opera houses decided in consultation with Mussbach, 59, to "release him irrevocably with immediate effect," a statement from the city government said.
"Both sides were prompted to take this step because they were unable to reach agreement on the future …
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