conducted John Adams' Nixon in China and Jake

Heggie's Moby Dick a few seasons back. This new

opera, Great Scott, is challenging in its own

way but Maestro Mechavich obviously enjoys it and has a lot to say

about its music, especially the interplay between two styles...one

for the contemporary setting backstage at an opera house, and

another for the 19th century opera that is being rehearsed.

Enjoy!