"I can't conduct that %^&*#"

[Ed Waffle]

Guest conductor at National Opera of Lyon takes a stand on a "reimagining" of Tchiakovsky's Queen of Spades

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[Alexandra]

Thanks for this, Ed. Perhaps Ballet Alert! should have a Hall of Heroes.

I particularly liked:

"What could Temirkanov do?" Stokes says. "He felt to stay would have been a betrayal of his principles. He told [the general director of the company], 'I know I let you down. But I wouldn't be able to live with my conscience if I conducted that [garbage]. The whole concept works against the music.' It wasn't easy for him to do this. He lost lots of money."

I especially like the [garbage].

More Temirkanovs, please!