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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Charlotte McLaughlin

Conductor Edward Gardner ‘regrets’ mafia comments about Italian opera singers

Edward Gardner said he regrets the comments (Ian West/PA) - (PA Archive)

British conductor Edward Gardner has said he “regrets” and apologises for making comments about the singers of an Italian opera house.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra principal conductor was speaking about his debut at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples when he said the “chorus is made up of two rival mafia families — who after one performance put each other in A&E”.

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