Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau died earlier today near Starnberg in Bavaria. The celebrated interpreter of Lieder and opera singer was 86. [Berliner Morgenpost]
La Cieca has just heard that Herbert Breslin died this morning in Paris. Breslin, once manager to Luciano Pavarotti and publicist to many of the greatest classical musicians of the second half of the twentieth century, was 87.
The comprimario tenor, veteran of 2,928 performances at the Met, died earlier today. He was 82. (Photo: Metropolitan Opera Archives)
Legendary soprano Sena Jurinac, one of the most beloved artists at the Vienna State Opera, died yesterday. She was 90. [via AP]
Tenor Salvatore Licitra died earlier today after nine days in a coma following a motorcycle accident. He was 43. [La repubblica]
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, humanitarian and Democrat Agnes Varis died on Friday at her home in Manhattan. Besides her advocacy of prescription-drug reform and financial support of the Jazz Foundation of America, she was a managing director of the Metropolitan Opera, where her projects included the Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman Rush Tickets Program and the underwriting of productions including Satyagraha and Doctor Atomic. Dr. Varis was 81. [New York Times]
La Cieca has just heard that the great American baritone Cornell MacNeil died earlier today. He was 88.
The great Welsh soprano, superb interpreter of Mozart, Verdi and Lieder, died earlier today. She was 69. [Washington Post]
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