Vittoria Spadaro
After years altering sleeve heads for touring tailcoats, Vittoria Spadaro, fifty-four, became known for identifying a conductor by the gap between the preparatory lift and the actual ictus. Readers say she hears intention in every wrist, shoulder, and cutoff; the rehearsal recordings usually prove her right.
Articles by Vittoria Spadaro
Percussionist Waits 47 Minutes to Play Single Triangle Note, Misses It
He was checking his phone when the cue arrived and struck the triangle approximately one beat late, which in the silence of a Bruckner adagio was 'catastrophically audible.'
First Chair Oboe Dispute Results in Two Oboists Playing Simultaneously for Entire Concert
Neither musician would yield the tuning A, resulting in a performance that critics described as 'technically in two keys at once, which is one more than usual.'
Violist Finally Gets Solo, Family Flies in From Three States, Solo Is Four Notes Long
The musician's parents, two siblings, and an aunt traveled a combined 4,200 miles to witness what the program listed as a 'prominent viola passage' lasting approximately 1.8 seconds.