Marcus wrote with regard to Ozawa:

>I've always thought so.  Then I saw him do Das Lied von der Erde in
>Carnegie Hall w/ Jessye Norman and Ben Heppner--a performance which changed
>my opinion of Ozawa and the BSO (and Jessye Norman--she should stick to
>alto/mezzo repertoire).

Doesn't "Das Lied..." qualify as alto repertoire?

>I'm not rushing out to buy BSO/Ozawa discs, but his performance and the
>clarity of his conducting (Das Lied and Miraculous Mandarin from memory)
>were revealing.

An interesting concert pairing.

Aaron J. Rabushka
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