Robin Mitchell-Boyask wrote:

>Thielemann couldn't be more wrong.  He hasn't appeared here in two years
>and his last set didn't go well.  But you never know.....
>
>The front runner is Roberto Abbado,

He got good marks in Houston recently for an opera appearance there.  Tell
me, is he the son or the brother of the other famous Abbado? I've always
wondered.

Kevin Sutton