Word: leinsdorf
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Instead of hiring another world-famed maestro to take Bodanzky's place, General Manager Johnson picked a talented, 27-year-old stripling named Erich Leinsdorf, who had been brought from Austria in 1937 as Bodanzky's assistant. Though Manhattan critics admitted that Leinsdorf was not bad for a beginner they com plained that the Met was no place for a beginner. There were rumors that the Met's stars liked Mr. Leinsdorf no better than the critics did. The pot simmered. Last week the lid blew...
First, massive Tenor Lauritz Melchior publicly denounced Leinsdorf's wayward tempos and lack of experience, found him "not yet ready to be senior conductor of the finest department of the greatest opera house in the world." Next, famed Diva Kirsten Flagstad, who was staying away from the opera house with grippe, hinted to friends that she might not go back unless Conductor Leinsdorf was replaced. It was no secret to the Manhattan music world that Diva Flagstad was backing a favorite young maestro of her own: U. S.-born Conductor Edwin McArthur, who had been conducting all her performances...