We've all done it: sent an angry email to the object of our ire by mistake or - even better - cc'ed a private message to everyone in our contacts list. Actually, I've never done the latter. But it turns out a leading opera conductor has, while in Beijing. There are more than enough hints to his identity in that link, but we, of course, couldn't possibly comment.
Whoever he is, he accidentally told everyone he knows (including his other half) that he was planning a tryst in a hotel room with a nubile young opera fan ("operette"?), demanding: "I WANT TO FIND YOU NAKED when I arrive." He also stipulated "NO LIQUID in your purse". The mind boggles.
But while we all tut-tut behind our miniature binoculars, it's heartening to see opera entering headlong into the world of celebrity gossip and tittle-tattle. It's not as if opera is traditionally above this kind of stuff anyway. Dumbing down? Try telling the Vicomte de Valmont ...
