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Conductor Admits to Music Addiction and Recovery Conductor Lorin Maazel's addiction contained no nicotine, but plenty of side effects. by David Srebnik Some obsessions and compulsions are better than others. Conductor Lorin Maazel admits that at one point in his career, he spent too much time at the opera. He describes it as an addiction.

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There are worse things than having an obsession with Wagner and opera.

Since ending his 7-year tenure as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel continues to guest conduct around the world and direct the Castleton Festival, a summer festival of mostly chamber operas at his home in Castleton, Virginia.

Learn more about the festival, and how it nurtures the skills and artistic development of promising young singers, instrumentalists and stage directors here.