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Title: who is this
Post by: franksolich on March 03, 2016, 05:03:12 PM

The image is of a conductor, taken in 1991.

Who is this guy?

It seems to me I should recognize him, but I don't. 

(http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g419/Eferrari/atmanmcgrath/cond_zpsqqpmrkkh.jpg) (http://s1100.photobucket.com/user/Eferrari/media/atmanmcgrath/cond_zpsqqpmrkkh.jpg.html)

Title: Re: who is this
Post by: Chris_ on March 03, 2016, 05:29:25 PM

It looks like James Levine with the NY Metropolitan Opera.

Title: Re: who is this
Post by: franksolich on March 03, 2016, 05:33:11 PM

Quote from: Chris_ on March 03, 2016, 05:29:25 PM

It looks like James Levine with the NY Metropolitan Opera.

Now, that's a name with which I'm not familiar.

This is from a youtube, and the conductor isn't identified.  Carnegie Hall, 1991.

Title: Re: who is this
Post by: Hawkgirl on March 03, 2016, 05:35:47 PM

Richard Simmons? :p

Title: Re: who is this
Post by: franksolich on March 03, 2016, 05:36:04 PM

I went and looked it up.  Thanks, Chris_.  It is James Levine, of whom I'd never heard.

Title: Re: who is this
Post by: Chris_ on March 03, 2016, 05:39:41 PM

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/levine_zpsvh6tkr53.png)
May 3, 1991 (https://books.google.com/books?id=BOkCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=james+levine+carnegie+hall+1991&source=bl&ots=p06mUW4sR6&sig=K6FxJz-6LlYrEtwBh7SctkS8K8s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1v46r16XLAhXGMSYKHVXbAWQ4HhDoAQggMAE#v=onepage&q=james%20levine%20carnegie%20hall%201991&f=false)

He must really like those glasses.  He still has them.

Title: Re: who is this
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on March 03, 2016, 07:32:56 PM

Some of the pictures look like a combo of Albert Brooks & Richard Simmons.