Conductor, Recovering From Concussion, Is Still Scheduled for ‘Lohengrin’ at Bayreuth

Winslow Townson/Associated Press Andris Nelsons, who is to become music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2014, throwing out the first pitch at a Red Sox game in June.

Andris Nelsons, the music director designate of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, who was hospitalized last weekend in Bayreuth with what was described as a severe concussion, has been released and is continuing his recovery at his home in Bayreuth, the orchestra said on Thursday.

Mr. Nelsons’ injury caused him to withdraw from the performance of the Verdi Requiem that he was to have conducted at Tanglewood on Saturday evening. It was to have been his only appearance at Tanglewood this summer. (Carlo Montanaro will conduct in his place).

“He is expected to make a full recovery in good time,” Mark Volpe, the Boston Symphony’s managing director, said in a statement on Thursday, “and currently his doctors in Germany are advising him to rest and take each day as it comes. Mr. Nelsons’ doctors will advise him soon on when he will be ready to return to the podium.”

Soon is the operative word: Mr. Nelsons is scheduled to lead “Lohengrin” at the Bayreuth Festival, starting on Aug. 2 (with other performances on Aug. 5, 8, 11 and 26). The festival’s Web site still lists him as the conductor of the production, and Linda Wagentristl, a spokeswoman for the festival, did not seem concerned that he might not be able to perform.

“Andris Nelsons is doing well and looking forward to conduct ‘Lohengrin’ on 2 August,” was Ms. Wagentristl’s response, in an e-mail, to questions about whether the conductor would be ready. “Yes, he has been at Bayreuth to begin the rehearsals.”