As required by court order, I am publishing this Revocation from Wolfgang Scheidt.

1. By order oft the court I am obliged to revoke reproaches and accusations against Thérèse Mahler and
Jonathan Floril in my „Open letter“ from August 22nd 2014:

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REVOCATION
In two open letters, from 22.08.2014 and,22.089.2014I made the following statements:
a) Th6röse Mahler and Jonathan Floril are completely "disconnected", one can't even
leave a message on your mailbox), apparently to avoid probably numerous
complaints and demands by orchestra musicians, singers of your so called Salzburg
Voice Festival (SVF) and participating conductors of the master class under his
artistic responsibility!
b) After all what had happened due to their ignorance, arogance, incompetence,
megalomania, unreliability and total lack of organizing capabilities.
c) They were promising things by trying to appear as if they were the Rockefeller
Foundation and Columbia Artists Management together and the most exquisite
artists around the globe, to study with would be an enormously rewarding and
prestigious experience.
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Jonathan Floril gives vocal masterclasses.
There has been an accumulation of actions and
from ignorance, incompetence, unreliability etc.
possibly fraudulent intentions !
activities, which not only result
but, I'm afraid to say so, from
He can assure Laura Virella and all the other young singers who signed and felt
cheated, that their brave and justified expression of outrage and disappointment is
entitled.
They are not acting according to commitments they have made.
Legal steps would be unavoidable and would destroy their further reputation.
They should provide substantial refund to the singers participating in the SVF as
compensation for not even having received half of what they had promised to them.
j) They would dare now to blackmail the orchestra musicians by forcing them to sign
a paper in order to make the earlier signed "legal agreement" invalid, otherwise
they wouldn't pay them.
k) There have been a disastrous organization and wrong doings, which were heavily
denounced by numerous "victims" (even participants of 2012 and20l3 SVF) in the
internet during the past weeks.
l) That they really believe that anyone from any part of the world would ever be
ready to work with or for them again after all what has happened.

3. n) I should just like to again express my wannest sympathies for the young singers of
SVF, who were so badly cheated by giving them the wrong information, that I
would be member of the jury of Leo Slezak competition (nothing like that had ever
been agreed upon with him) by falsely promising to them three orchestra rehearsals
under my baton.
o) After these two weeks with all the bad incidents caused by negligence and
sloppiness of Jonathan Floril and Thdröse Mahler I felt completely exhausted -
mentally, physically and emotionally after having been confronted with all the
problems, complaints and demands of the musicians every day, although all these
issues should have been addressed to Jonathan Floril and Thdröse Mahler.
They prominently declare "Mahler Festspiele 201.4" then the name of the orchestra
and his name (!), although my name (!), although I haven't conducted a single bar
in this concert!
They even show this photograph of Carnegie Hall, making people falsely believe,
they had been presented by Carnegie Hall. Anyone can rent this venue if he pays!
p) Still a significant number of musicians have not yet received their money.
q) Refund to two conductors of the master class (hotel bills) and singers (participants
of the SVF) has not been provided.
r) According to my knowledge they must have earned e62.500 plus estimated
proceeds from the ticket sales of two concerts to the amount of €10.000-12.000.
That makes up to almost €75.000! The expenses - all inclusive - can't have been
more than up to €40.000 (according to my calculation)!
s) Amongst the many lies (from telling him that each orchestra musician would earn a
€ 1.000 - they only granted them €500), was also their information that they would
have to pay €6.000 for the Schlosstheater Schönbrunn! In fact they had to only pay
C2.750(l) plus a couple of hundred euros for staff.
t) What happened with the difference of about €35.000? They pretended to be a non-
profit organization. Maybe the Austrian revenue (tax) office will find the answer?!
u) I suffered from their incompetence and unreliability. But at this stage I still was
convinced, they were acting "bona fide". But I'm afraid, I now have to consider
them - after all what has happened - as "mala fide"!
I revoke these statements
Dr. Wolfgang Sch