John McGlinn, 1953-2009

Mark Steyn, "The land where the good songs go" (February 27, 2009):

On the other side of the moon
Ever so far
Beyond the last little star
There's a land I know
Where the good songs go...

I was startled to see my old sparring partner John McGlinn turn up in the obituaries column last week. He was only 55, and died in Manhattan apparently of a heart attack. He was a marvelous conductor who loved opera and was beloved by opera singers, and could have had a good career, up to his neck in Wagner and Verdi. But he loved musicals - or, more precisely, musical comedies....

[Hat tip to S.K.]