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  • Feldmarschallin: Here FragendeFrau… ;first Trovatore pic of both of them: https://www.facebo ok.com/photo.p... 1:42 AM
  • steveac10: He appears well qualified, and I’m not going to go as far as the fucking Brits meme, but it... 1:37 AM
  • CruzSF: reedroom, I didn’t know operas, except the Ring, were cut from future summers. That is bad news. I... 1:23 AM
  • CruzSF: Thanks for posting that link, Henry. 1:14 AM
  • reedroom: CruzSF: I was not involved in the search for Jenkins’ replacement, so I cannot comment on his... 1:07 AM
  • Henry Holland: Wow, no “fucking Brits” tag? Tsk, tsk, tsk. He’s kinda cute, despite the bad... 11:25 PM
  • La Cieca: Our own JJ’s take. 11:01 PM
  • WindyCityOperaman: RIP actor James Gandolfini httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=qbS2 N88paTs 10:14 PM

Claramae Turner 1920-2012

The American contralto, who created the title role in Menotti’s The Medium and introduced the song “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” died May 18. She was 92. [New York Times] Read more »

Deanna Durbin 1921-2013

The silver-voiced teen star of film musicals of the 1930s and 1940s died earlier this week, according to her son, Peter H. David. She was 91. [New York Times]   Read more »

Risë Stevens, 1913-2013

The glamorous and beloved mezzo-soprano died yesterday. She was 99.  Read more »

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Galina Vishnevskaya 1926-2012

The soprano and political dissident of the postwar Soviet Union died yesterday in Moscow. She was 86.

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Lisa della Casa 1919-2012

The elegant Swiss-born soprano has died at 93.

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Marguerite Piazza 1926-2012

Soprano, television personality and fundraiser Marguerite Piazza died yesterday.

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Evelyn Lear 1926-2012

American soprano Evelyn Lear died quietly earlier this evening at at Brooke Grove nursing center in Sandy Spring, Maryland. She was 86.

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1925-2012

Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau died earlier today near Starnberg in Bavaria.

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