Herbert von Karajan never suffered fools gladly, and accepted nothing less than immaculate performances from his musicians.
The 20th century’s greatest conductor was a notorious stickler for detail. And it was against this backdrop of perfection that Hungarian conductor László Makláry found himself privy to a rehearsal of Verdi’s Don Carlos at the Salzburger Festspiele in Austria.
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