This is now in place, and on Tuesday night the orchestra was in fine form under Fischer-Dieskau’s insightful direction. The pit boasts an adjustable platform so the orchestra could rise up from the depths even while the orchestra’s playing and he’s conducting — something that won’t happen this time, however.
All in all, everything seems set for another step in the TSO’s rehabilitation as a major force in Taipei’s classical music life.
It may be hard to find a seat for this weekend’s two performances in the modestly-sized Metropolitan Hall. But help is at hand. Gianni Schicchi is to be repeated, along with Act Two, Scene 1 of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, but with the Hsindien Youth Orchestra (國立新高中音樂班管弦樂團) and for one performance only, in the much larger National Concert Hall on Oct. 6.
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