Maybe this isn't very nice but was highly talented conductor Sarah Caldwell perhaps a reincarnation/host body of American Renaissance man Benjamin Franklin?
It's just that when they came out with that 2003 issue (right) with him on the cover I kept thinking 'Where have I seen this before?' and after digging through my attic, that of course turned out to be on a 1975 issue (left). I'm feeling terrible about myself now. Let's move on to the next one please.