And yet he is penned in to conduct Otello.  Shuddering in advance.  Why, oh 
why, would the Met wish a mediocre conductor on either audience or cast in 
such an opera?

And it isn't like that are not aware of his limitations, given how often he 
conducts at the Met.

If anyone at the Met is truly reading, it is not too late to stop the 
insanity......





> *May I add slovenly and insensitive? His Stiffelio was just as lousy. He's
> as bad a conductor as he is administrator. *
>>
>> > I agree with Ron--I think Domingo's Butterfly yesterday was the worst
>> performance of an opera I have ever heard in my life anywhere at any 
>> level
>> of house.
>>

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