Sad Pole quits Covent Garden
mainThe Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecień, who is having a nightmare year of cancellations, has withdrawn from the ROH Don Pasquale in October ‘due to personal reasons’.
No replacement has yet been found.
Also out of the Covent Garden season is the Canadian tenor Joseph Kaiser, who was down to sing Ägisth in Elektra.
Once again: “due to” + “reasons”
Where do these P.R. people go to school?
Excuse me, but you’re not owed anymore information than that. The only people who need to know the reason, at best, are the employers.
Olassus is referring to the grammar.
I think Olassus was making a grammatical, not a social, point…
Olassus is talking about grammar.
You might have misunderstood.
I think Olassus is just picking up on the sloppy English in the press release. It’s “for personal reasons”, or “due to [noun]”.
I think you mean Spongewringer, with a “w,” and I have to say you’ve completely missed the point.
My name is chosen for a specific reason, the omission of the ‘w’ is on purpose. It seems you missed the point here.
With regards to your pedantry over the use of ‘due to’ and the typical condescension in your response I must conclude that you’re a rather sad individual.
Sounds Trumpish to me!
Utterly pathetic to the end.
What a bizarre way to connect the dots…sad is as sad does.
I think Olassus’ point is that it should be “owing to” + “reasons” – it’s a style point.
Yes, as a singer I quite agree. Tell the truth, be honest, and be done with it. Wecare there only as musicians and singers or whatever because we have a paying audience. Just look at the difference between that and dear Sarah Connolly and Mark Elder last week.
I am afraid, despite your pet peeve, it is nevertheless good English as it is written.
Do we know for sure that he is not ill and just does not want his medical information published on social media?
Just asking…
Now you’re entering the realm of theories. Privacy is a right.
Why does it matter. It’s ‘personal’ and therefore private. Health is private.
I was wondering that myself. Is MK a “sad” case, the way Trump uses the word, or is Norman implying he suffers from depression?
Please don’t feed the monster with second-guesses.
“Sad Pole Quits Covent Garden”, “Sicklist: No-Show Pole”, “Sicklist: Troubled Pole Quits Munich” –
Is it really necessary to refer to Mr. Kwiecien’s origins every time he cancels? In the interests of parity, can we look forward to a “No-Show Bavarian” headline the next time Herr Kaufmann fails to show up?
Not to mention Argentinian for a certain pianist and Russian for a certain soprano, both of whom are regulars on the No-Show Show.