Leonard Slatkin and the Met – the soap opera continues | Tom Service

In his attempt to quash the story of his abdication from the Met's Angela Gheorghiu-led La Traviata, Leonard Slatkin has opened the door to a world of operatic tantrumsRemember the Leonard Slatkin/La Traviata saga a while ago? Well, now the embattled maestro has had the chance to give his side of the story as to why he left the Met's production of the Verdi opera after a single performance in April. And in an interview with the Detroit Free Press (Slatkin is music director of the Detroit Symphon...

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