Recovery delays Seville festival

The Seville International Music Festival, which had been slated for Sept. 2-12, has been postponed indefinitely because conductor Lorin Maazel’s doctors advised him not to undertake any physical activity for six weeks following recent eye surgery.

Maazel, 74, was to conduct an open-air performance of Bizet’s “Carmen,” which is set in Seville, with Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura directing at different locations in the city. The opera was to have been the centerpiece of the festival, which included orchestral concerts, recitals and flamenco performances.

On its website, the festival said it will “decide on a plan of postponement along with the possible renewal of the project in coordination with the engaged artists.”

Tickets will remain valid, and the festival will offer rescheduling updates.