So the drama continues.  After the first act, the conductor summons the Decider to his dressing room to complain that the prima donna has made an unmusical mess of the opera thus far.

When the Decider finally arrives, the maestro announces that if the P.D. continues this performance, he’ll refuse to conduct the next one.  Of course, this one is a bit of a puzzler for the Decider.  He can’t really make a call on how messy or unmusical the first act was, or, for that matter, if the act was performed at all — because he was at a dinner party at the time.

Keep watching this space for more melodrama.