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Jamais Vu

jamais_vuMaestro James Levine leaps onto the “mono-play” bandwagon. [Photo: Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times]

Cher public, you are invited to contribute your ideas for captions for this unusual photo.

50 comments

  • bigbob56 says:

    “Pierre, get your f**king poodle off my leg !”

  • sm says:

    Let’s try and pull these pants right up to my boobs

  • LittleMasterMiles says:

    Humpty-Levine sat on a Steinway…

  • LuciaDiL-AmourL-AmourToujoursL-Amour says:

    James Levine and Pierre-Laurent Aimard team up for a rare production of Ravel’s “Bomblero”.

    [Inset: Maestro Levine (l) adjusts the bomb in his underwear ahead of the stirring finale]

  • Il Conte di Drewski says:

    On short notice, Maestro Levine will step in to perform the role of the tyrannical diva, replacing Tyne Daly who is “disenchanted”.