NY Times follows Slippedisc with a splash on Yannick’s costumes

Twenty-four hours after we reported musicians’ unease with the working clothes of the Met’s music director, the Met’s pet newssheet has followed up with an isn’t-he-wonderful feature on the colourful costumes that M. Nézet-Séguin wears to work.

Go window-shop them here.

You can see what Yannick is trying to do – make the role less formal, the Met more diverse and user-friendly, the job less boring. But there are downsides. Musicians in the Met orchestra complains that they have to wear stiff and formal costumes every night in the pit while their music director looks like’s he’s going clubbing – and flaunts it to the audience.

This may not end up the way the Met press department would like. We hear murmurs of discontent from veteran subscribers.

photo source: Yannick’s Facebook page/image by Landon Nordeman