Tha drama llama invades Salzburg:
US tenor Neil Shicoff, who last month was overlooked for the position of director of Vienna's State Opera, has pulled out of Austria's renowned Salzburg Festival, organizers said Tuesday. In a letter to festival director Juergen Flimm, Shicoff said that, among other things, he needed a break to rethink his priorities and distance himself from «intrigues and disappointments.» A copy of the letter, written in German, was provided to media outlets by the festival organizers.
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