Several guest conductors have had trials. NYCB soloist Jason Fowler told the paper that there have been a few surprises during performances: "Some of the tempos have been really fast. When a guest conductor is nervous, their adrenaline gets pumping. We keep up as well as we can."
Orchestra members are hoping that a replacement will be found quickly. NYCB general manager Kenneth Tabachnick told the Sun, "If you imagine that you have a different person leading every piece that you're doing every night — and some of them you may not have seen many times before — it can be a bit unnerving."
According to the paper, a strong contender is Fay‹al Karoui, music director of Orchestre de Pau Pays de B_arn, who will conduct at the company's summer season in Saratoga Springs, New York.