La Scala conductor loses his pants
mainThe Times reports today that conductor Muhai Tang suffered an embarrassing loss of trousers while leading the La Scala orchestra at the Teatro Dal Verme in a concert for the People’s Republic of China’s 70th anniversary.
Happily, he was wearing rock-solid boxer shorts.
You can watch video of the incident here.
Perhaps he was tired of the usual emperors with no clothes and wanted to make a point.
Good thing this wasn’t during the Dance of the Seven Veils, or there might have been more to this story.
This mishap was not briefs.
Hilarious.
Maybe pasta is not to his liking?
What it shows is the utter inutility of a lot of conductors: the orchestra is not watching you, the orchestra is not following you, the orchestra doesn’t need you, you might as well be eating a plate of spaghetti on the podium.
Even absent the pant incident, can you imagine if Karajan all of a sudden drops his arms and bends over, the Berliners would’ve come to an immediate halt.
This experience goes a long way in justifying the belt-tightening measures of so many orchestras.
The conductor was suspended afterwards.