I thinkperfectfortheroleforhimtobeabletodothisrolewillgivehimthechancetobeasheroicashecanbe, butalsoshow a vulnerablesideand a torturedside, whichis, I think, essentialtotherole.
EricOwenshaslongbeen a dearfriendoftheNewYorkPhilharmonic, anditseemedonlynaturaltotomakehimournextartistinresidence.