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...PUCCINI La Boheme (Erato). Conductor Kent Nagano restores the freshness and bloom to Puccini's heart-tugging tale of young love won and lost. Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa as Mimi and tenor Richard Leech as Rodolfo are with him every step...
...CONCERT HALL: THE ORchestra, smartly attired in white tie and tails; the elegant conductor, raising his slender baton as he prepares to give the downbeat; the dramatically beautiful young violinist resplendent in...a wet T shirt...
...image was eagerly sought after by many of the important figures in composition and performance. Franz Liszt, devastatingly handsome, was the most famous lover in Europe as well the greatest pianist; women fought over the cigar butts he left on the piano after a concert. Leopold Stokowski, the great conductor who shook Mickey Mouse's hand in Fantasia, used to ensure that the lighting at his concerts highlighted his aquiline countenance and halo of long hair. In short, sex has always sold. What's new is that it is women who are now doing the selling...
...artistic direction of Marsalis and aided by the insights of Stanley Crouch and Albert Murray, Jazz at Lincoln Center has become the most comprehensive jazz program of its kind with a year-round series of lectures, films, concerts and tours. Marsalis's role has expanded recently to include conductor and music director of the LCJO, and his charismatic presence was as much a part of the performance as the music itself...
Kleiber's father was also a conductor, and Carlos apparently emulates him not only phenotypically, but in matters of repertoire and habit. Ever since resigning his post at the Wurttemburg State Opera in 1968, Carlos Kleiber has followed the example of his father, and led the life of a conductor-errant, though he has certainly been tempted by many an orchestra. Norman Lebrecht reports that Kleiber was tapped by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra after von Karajan's passing, but refused. Of all the major classical labels, only Deutsche Grammophon proved to have enough stomach and patience to deal with...