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With five more Met performances ahead of him and the strong echo of his successes with the Philharmonic behind, Maazel is full of the old chutzpah again."I must say,'' he says eagerly, ''that I'm proud of what I've done, not only for myself but for the image of the American artist abroad. Forget this expatriate business—the thing that matters is that one of my concerts in Prague, say, does more for good will than years and years of propagandizing by the embassy. People from the embassy have told me this." Musicians have told him so. too. but the Maazel they see most clearly is not the blushing ambassador. He is the young maestro who was called "Little Lorin" for so many years that he now insists on "Mr. Maazel.'' the austere young genius who in his zeal to become a man sometimes cannot still Little Lorin's sweet, boastful voice.