On Demand
Everybody Loves Levine
By WNYC Music
March 31, 2008
James Levine
Well… almost everyone. Commentator John Rockwell takes a look at the longstanding conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, James Levine, weighing in on both the lush adulation and pointed criticism that have greeted Levine during his tenure at one of the world’s premiere musical institutions.
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Comment from Joanne Herb
Date: March 31, 2008, 8:41 pm
Excuse me, Mr. Rockwell, but I find it impssible to dislike Maestro Levine. (Like they used to say, James Levine, rhymes with divine!)
A friend and I were lucky enough to visit him in his dressing room after a concert on Philadelphia many years ago, I believe it was on Mr. Levine’s birthday. He offered us some birthday cake.
Even though the Met is out of my budget range these days I still think the Met ought to sell a James Levine teddy bear in the gift shop. They would make a mint. I’d certainly buy one.
Yours in music,
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