Anyone remember Charlotte Bergen?
She was to conducting what Florence Foster Jenkins was to singing. Ms Bergen studied with Stokie, I hear. She had serious money. She rented Carnegie Hall, hired an orchestra and conducted a rehearsal of music she wanted to conduct. Most times these were just rehearsals with no performances planned. She provided work for players, but she was terrible on the podium.
http://www.ascap.com/playback/2005/f...charlotte.html
Wilmer