He Sings, He Plays Oboe, He Conducts (And He’s Not Dead and Not Mitch Miller)

He’s 40-year-old baritone Eric Owens, and this summer, between his appearances in the NY Phil’s Grand Macabre and the Met’s new Ring, he’s taking up the baton at Aspen’s conducting institute. And, so he could play in the conducting students’ orchestra with his 20-something fellows, he returned to the oboe after a two-decade break.