When Yannick cancelled Carnegie Hall, Hollywood awaited
NewsYou may recalled that the Metropolitan Opera’s music director pulled out of a chamber concert with his musicians at Carnegie Hall in order to join the publicity bandwaggon for the Leonard Bernstein biopic, Maestro.
Well, here’s the result – pictures from an exhibitionist.
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- MAESTRO – LA Special Screening December 12, 2023: (L-R) Director/Writer/Producer Bradley Cooper and Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick introduced by NL lookalike
Reminds me of Mrs Bluecher in Young Frankenstein suggesting a tie.
Poor devil thinks he’s sexy. How sad.
Couldn’t afford a shirt? Or maybe he’s watched one too many episodes of Miami Vice?
He is a man that would give you the shirt off his back. This is what he must have done to somebody.
I don’t understand this chap. He has every single possibility of being one of the greatest conductors…and he refuses to seize the opportunity. Sad
Amplify?
I sure does seem that way. In an attempt to be anticonductor stereotype, and a be a regular person, he cheapens himself and loses respect. The music director of the MET isnt a normal person. Or shouldnt be.
… awesome
Would he accept that in an opera singer?
I think the LA Phil has found its new music director to replace Dudamel.
So Hollywood, out of sight out of mind, bye bye to the Dude, Hello Gorgeous!
look at me I want to be famous!
Is there any doubt that Peter Gelb pre-approved it before Yannick booked his flight to LA?
The only thing Gelb regrets is that he couldn’t tag along.
(How was the concert by the way? Did anyone go? See what I mean?!)
Of course, Gelb had to approve it. The Met is desperate for ANY publicity at the moment, negative or not. They think it keeps them relevant. (Spoiler alert: it does not.)
The queen is cringe city
I’ve seen many great conductors at the Met in over 50 years of attendance. Unfortunately he’s not on of them.
Let’s take up a collection to buy him some shirts.
Victim of fashion
True, but even fashion would not claim him.
Let’s not forget the pic of him in a bathrobe on a bed, sipping champagne in Montreal during the pandemic while the Met orchestra was furloughed without pay. Utterly clueless. Let’s hope his substitute, Mr Waghorn, gets some much-deserved accolades.
I had almost forgotten that photo…truly cringeworthy.
Those photos just make me feel sad. Such a lack of self-awareness is unfathomable.
Does he have an aversion to being fully clothed in public? His narcissim is off the charts even for a conductor.
Yikes….
If LA gets Yannick you will be lucky indeed. His results as a conductor are phenomenal.
I attend philharmonic concerts in NYC and Philadelphia and Los Angeles. I am lucky indeed!!
Sorry but I don’t understand the double standard – blond woman (sorry I don’t know her name) can wear a dress nearly slipping off her bosom but Yannick cannot show a bit of cleavage?
As for his talent as a conductor – he never fails to impress me.
“Blond woman”….not even a name? Do you have so little regard for your sex? Whoever she is, she is a person with a name. Google it if you must.
Serenity Now!
Yannick is no more or less an exhibitionist than Yuja Wang. It’s the modern way; look at me!!
Yuja is at least cute.
Bernstein himself took some raps for time spent on the celebrity circuit…..but there was one big difference (easy to pinpoint from any comparison of the two doing their main job)…
I’m not well-versed in the classical world, but my interest has been piqued since discovering Yannick. After delving into some old content from Slipped Disc, it seems that Norman Lebrecht harbors some kind of fascination with Yannick. Though to us, he may come across as a homophobe, there could be underlying complexities. What I, as an outsider, can assert is that Yannick has captured my interest and that of many non-classical music enthusiasts. It’s no surprise that classical music fans are often labeled as elitists and know-it-alls, as evident in this comment section. Perhaps, for classical music to live on, enthusiasts could consider evolving with the times, much like Yannick has demonstrated.
Except that depends on whether you think ‘the times’ are worth following. Many of us, whether you know much about classical music or not, or whatever age or sexuality you are – think that much of ‘the times’ and Yannick’s behaviour is sheer stupidity.
Inscrutable.
I remember during his Rotterdam days when he refused to wear a tie while conducting on the podium (a habit he mostly still practices). Now it’s moved on to not wearing a shirt.
I assume not wearing pants or underwear is next.
Yannick! conducts Samuel Barber’s “Commando March” while going commando!
Oh get over yourselves, people!
Wasn’t needed there. And frankly not needed anywhere.
Yannick coached the movie’s star in conducting. This was understandable.
Put a shirt on you wannabe.
If only conductors of the past had displayed more heavage, they’d be better remembered today.
A little late, but wanted to make a point nobody else seems to have while hating on YNS (a popular sport on this site).
In inviting YNS to the premiere and giving him prominence on the red carpet, Bradley Cooper is good enough to make clear that while he was out there waving the stick in the film, it’s actually YNS who did the conducting of the music you hear on the soundtrack and was a consultant and instructor for the director/star. In other words, the lip-syncher is giving due credit. Would anyone have begrudged Marni Nixon when (I assume) she went to the premiere of West Side Story, where she sang for Natalie Wood?