Boxing Goddess Westbroek Takes on 45-Ton Met Monster: Interview

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Wearing jeans and a hoodie, blond hair tightly tied back, Eva-Maria Westbroek met me backstage at the Metropolitan Opera, where she’d just gotten post-rehearsal notes from conductor James Levine.

“He loves passion, straightforwardness and beauty of tone,” she said. “And I love him.”