Trump Versus Clinton Leaves Opera Fans With Wagnerian Dilemma
- ‘It’s a killer conflict,’ says hedge fund manager George Weiss
- Some are drawn to ‘bloodsport,’ others repelled by it
Hillary Clinton’s Debate Expectations Game
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The Metropolitan Opera will open its season on the same night as the first U.S. presidential debate, forcing a difficult choice on its patrons: Tristan und Isolde or Donald and Hillary?
“It’s a killer conflict,” said George Weiss, chairman and chief executive officer of Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers. He’s going to the five-hour opera in New York on Sept. 26 and taping the 90-minute debate.