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Reply to comment by cosifantuttelebelle in I'm Yves Abel, Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. I’ve conducted all over the globe, and even got to work with the great Leonard Bernstein while in training. AMA! by sandiegoopera

There's a really great biography about Toscanini I read that goes into detail about his phenomenal memory. He did use scores but as his eyesight failed later in life he was more dependent on his memory. The link below describes certain situations regarding his memory:

https://labs.la.utexas.edu/gilden/files/2016/04/Marek.pdf

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ponkyball t1_j70ws00 wrote

Reply to comment by sandiegoopera in I'm Yves Abel, Principal Conductor of the San Diego Opera. I’ve conducted all over the globe, and even got to work with the great Leonard Bernstein while in training. AMA! by sandiegoopera

Eh I disagree about the Marin Alsop/Tar connection. Alsop slammed the character portrayal in Tar and the character in Tar's upbringing isn't quite the same as Alsop's, who struggled to get into conducting for quite some time, although she was an accomplished violinist. Alsop is probably the most well known female conductor at this time, but other than being female and a lesbian, there's not a lot in common with the Tar character. There are a couple of rather well-known male conductors I'd equate to being more like Cate Blanchett's character than Alsop, gender aside.

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ponkyball t1_j1t4wla wrote

Reply to Borgia (2011) is better than game of thrones by OfCourse4726

Borgia is a great show but at least for me, it's not better than Game of Thrones, maybe because I already knew the historical background fairly well. Many of the events in Borgia are greatly exaggerated but it does have a really great cast and I very much enjoyed it. I usually do enjoy shows like Borgia and The Tudors because I'm all about that history, even if you have to take it with a huge grain of salt.

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ponkyball t1_j1ic5fa wrote

Reply to White Lotus is a very, very terrible show. by [deleted]

The music score and soundtrack for the show are on point. I'm a musician (classical) and I'm always on the lookout for new music and this show has some good ones to save for sure. Just finished epi 2/3 of season 2 last night and remembered some oldies from the list but also picked up two new pieces.

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