Filling in for Harnoncourt for the final three Titos will be Christopher Moulds, an English freelance conductor who has served on the artistic staff of English National Opera and was from 1994 to 1998 chorus master at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

The production is directed by Martin Kusej and stars Michael Schade in the title role, with Dorothea R‹schmann, Veronica Cang_mi (replacing Barbara Bonney, who earlier this month canceled all her engagements), Vesselina Kasarova, Malena Ernman, Luca Pisaroni, the Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Vienna Philharmonic.

This year's Salzburg Festival has been a busy one for Harnoncourt: in addition to Tito and the Mozart symphony concerts, he conducted seven performances of Le nozze di Figaro from July 26 to August 13.