The conductor has pulled out of the New York Met's production of La Traviata after savage reviews. An explanation is revealed on his blogPoor old Leonard Slatkin. Last week, the conductor cancelled the rest of his scheduled performances of Verdi's La Traviata at the Met in New York for what the opera house calls "personal reasons". It came after he received a critical drubbing: "faulty co-ordination between … conductor and … cast", "tentative, clumsy conducting", "looks of fear in th...
Guardian Music — The conductor has pulled out of the New York Met's production of La Traviata after savage reviews. An explanation is revealed on his blogPoor old Leonard Slatkin. Last we... more info