requiem for a woman of power

First there is Cate Blanchett. It’s a monster. It is a monument. She concentrated all her previous roles and that gave Lydia Tar, this conductor at the peak of her career and who today leads the Berlin Philharmonic. We are introduced to her during an interview by a journalist from the New Yorker, Adam Gopnik in person. She knows what she wants, doesn’t fear much, displays phenomenal class. No, she doesn’t read reviews. To do what? Leonard Bernstein was his mentor. That’s enough for him. She knows herself. The proof: she is about to publish her autobiography, which will, no doubt, be a best seller.

This is a lady with a busy schedule. His job involves spending his life in private jets, giving master classes all over the world. For the moment, his concern is to record The Fifth Symphony of Mahlerwhich now refers to Death in Venice to the public. Other than that, she is – yes – lesbian, married…