Paul Thomason (3)

Script writer for Met Opera radio broadcasts, both for the Saturday matinée broadcasts and for re-broadcasts of historic performances on the Met’s Sirius-XM channel Early work with piano, organ and various other instruments eventually led to studying conducting with Wilfred Pelletier in New York City, and an invitation from Maestro Thomas Schippers to work with him in Italy. The Swiss conductor Peter Maag asked Paul to be his assistant during the 1973 – 74 season of the Metropolitan Opera.