Social and personal: Conductor weds baritone
NewsThe wedding was solemnised in Salzburg today between the French conductor Audrey Saint-Gil and the British baritone Christopher Maltman.
We wish them lasting happiness.
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“conductor weds baritone” reminds me of a riddle from my youth:
a father and son are in a car crash that kills the dad. The son is rushed to the hospital; just as he’s about to go under the knife, the surgeon says, “I can’t operate—that boy is my son!” How’s that possible?
Just sayin’, it was a real riddle in my days, the times they are a-changin’
20 years ago, the sheer permutations would have been inconceivable:
Conductor + Baritone =
1) Female + Male
2) Female + Transmale
3) Female + Preop, prehormone transfemale
4) Male + Male
5) Male + Transmale
6) Male + Preop, prehormone Atransfemale
7) Transfemale + Male
8) Transfemale + Transmale
9) Transfemale + Preop, prehormone transfemale
10) Transmale + Male
11) Transmale + Transmale
12) Transmale + Preop, prehormone transfemale
13) Preop, prehormone transfemale + Male
14) Preop, prehormone transfemale + Transmale
15) Preop, prehormone transfemale + Preop, prehormone transfemale
My, my. Somebody has certainly put a lot of thought into this.
Still think female conductors should be called ‘conductresses’. 🙂