Jim Tobin replies to Stirling Newberry:

>>My short list would [include] Gergiev.
>
>Now there's an idea.  Or the Met could get him if Levine made the
>reverse of Ozawa's decision and gave up opera for symphonies.

Might be difficult.  James Levine has just signed a multi-multi-million
dollar contract with the Munich Philharmonic.

Scott Morrison