But Placido Domingo, no less, came close in the same hall the previous evening in another of Barenboim's spring festival concerts, part of the Berlin Festtage, which the polymath musician has masterminded for nearly 20 years.
I spoke to a man who had masterminded several advertising campaigns for McCain oven chips and Microchips - chips which have been pre-cooked and whose packet-to-mouth time is three minutes.
"The technical chief is the king of the castle and Adrian had already won more grands prix than Michael Schumacher". Coulthard was influential in persuading Newey, who had masterminded six championship-winning cars for Williams initially and then for McLaren, to join Red Bull in time to design the 2007 car.
Moussi's dismissal ensured a nervy final eight minutes for Cotterill, who had masterminded a midweek win over previously unbeaten Middlesbrough.
She had masterminded the whole operation.
Alemann believed Lacoste had masterminded the operation.
Diego Dolcini, the head footwear designer for Balmain, has masterminded shoes for some of the biggest brands in fashion (Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana) — not to mention for stars such as Madonna (like the thigh-high black boots balanced on a rearing panther for a 2013 Harper's Bazaar shoot) and Rihanna, and has also run a namesake line since 1993.
Yifat Oren, who has masterminded weddings for Kevin Costner and Mariska Hargitay, once was faced with a guest with an uninvited two-person entourage.
Butterworth and Mendes have masterminded "The Ferryman" for maximum wallop, and the actors, to a person, are brilliant executors.
Boser rejects the idea of a shadowy "Dr No" villain, presumed by many to have masterminded the heist for personal enjoyment.
