The American mezzo-soprano and impresario died today in San Jose after a long illness. She was 89.
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The legendary Italian soprano Magda Olivero has died.
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La Cieca has just heard the sad news that the beloved soprano Licia Albanese died earlier this evening. She was 101.
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The legendary and beloved Italian tenor died earlier today. He was 90.
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The legendary conductor, mainstay of New York City Opera for 35 years, has died, says @nprclassical.
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After nearly a half century on stage, San Diego Opera will cease operations after its current season, said Ian Campbell, the opera’s general and artistic director.
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Impresario Gerard Mortier died earlier today of pancreatic cancer. He was 70.
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Operetta and film star Marta Eggerth died yesterday in New York. She was 101.
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Robert W. Wilson, the American hedge fund manager and former chairman of New York City Opera, has died, an apparent suicide.
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Finnish bass-baritone Tom Krause died Thursday. He was 79.
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An auction of the meager remains of the bankrupt New York City Opera’s property musical instruments, some bits of scenery and costumes is scheduled for December 12.
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Serious opera fan and internet pioneer Mike Richter died earlier this week.
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“Opera America, a service organization for opera companies, has expressed interest in purchasing City Opera’s thrift shop…”
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The celebrated opera director and filmmaker died today of lung cancer in Paris. He was 68.
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“New York City Opera, created 70 years ago as the ‘people’s opera,’ expects to file for bankruptcy protection on Oct. 2 and either liquidate in court or be sold to another institution, its lawyer said.”
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“New York City Opera… will be forced to cancel most of its current season and all of its next season if it fails to raise $20 million by year’s end, company officials say.”
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La Cieca is most unhappy indeed to hear that coloraturafan, the undisputed monarch of opera on YouTube, has had his “fourth or fifth” account on the service deleted.
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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.
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The silver-voiced teen star of film musicals of the 1930s and 1940s died earlier this week.
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The glamorous and beloved mezzo-soprano died yesterday. She was 99.
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