11.   Darcey Bussell and Lesley Collier were injured, and Sylvie Guillem, a principal guest artist, had commitments elsewhere.

12.   Davis becomes principal guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic next season.

13.   Donald Runnicles, music director of the San Francisco Opera, was named principal guest conductor.

14.   Four years later, after a clash with Nureyev, she left Paris and joined the Royal Ballet in London as a principal guest artist.

15.   He is also the principal guest conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in England, and has held positions in Stockholm and Malmo, Sweden.

16.   He is particularly pleased that the Dutch maestro Bernard Haitink has finally accepted his invitation to become principal guest conductor of the orchestra.

17.   He has been the principal conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic for the last two years, and recently signed on as the principal guest conductor at the Metropolitan Opera.

18.   He recently agreed to be the principal guest conductor of the Los Angeles Opera.

19.   He is a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York and principal guest conductor of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra in Seattle.

20.   He is now its principal guest conductor.