Carlo Bergonzi 1924-2014 Carlo Bergonzi 1924-2014

The legendary and beloved Italian tenor died earlier today. He was 90.

on July 26, 2014 at 2:50 PM
Lorin Maazel 1930-2014 Lorin Maazel 1930-2014

The prolific American conductor and composer died earlier today in Virginia.

on July 13, 2014 at 12:23 PM
Julius Rudel 1921-2014 Julius Rudel 1921-2014

The legendary conductor, mainstay of New York City Opera for 35 years, has died, says @nprclassical.

on June 26, 2014 at 10:30 AM
Claudio Abbado 1933-2014 Claudio Abbado 1933-2014

Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, former musical director of La Scala, has died at the age of 80.

on January 20, 2014 at 11:05 AM
Marta Eggerth, 1912-2013 Marta Eggerth, 1912-2013

Operetta and film star Marta Eggerth died yesterday in New York. She was 101.

on December 27, 2013 at 9:11 AM
Robert W. Wilson, 1927–2013 Robert W. Wilson, 1927–2013

Robert W. Wilson, the American hedge fund manager and former chairman of New York City Opera, has died, an apparent suicide.

on December 25, 2013 at 8:00 AM
Tom Krause 1934-2013 Tom Krause 1934-2013

Finnish bass-baritone Tom Krause died Thursday. He was 79.

on December 07, 2013 at 12:11 AM
Patrice Chéreau, 1944-2013 Patrice Chéreau, 1944-2013

The celebrated opera director and filmmaker died today of lung cancer in Paris. He was 68.

on October 07, 2013 at 3:06 PM
Regina Resnik 1922-2013 Regina Resnik 1922-2013

The American mezzo-soprano, director, filmmaker and teacher Regina Resnik has died.

on August 09, 2013 at 11:57 AM
Claramae Turner 1920-2012 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.

on June 07, 2013 at 5:57 PM
Deanna Durbin 1921-2013 Deanna Durbin 1921-2013

The silver-voiced teen star of film musicals of the 1930s and 1940s died earlier this week.

on April 30, 2013 at 10:41 PM
Risë Stevens, 1913-2013 Risë Stevens, 1913-2013

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

on March 21, 2013 at 3:34 PM
Galina Vishnevskaya 1926-2012 Galina Vishnevskaya 1926-2012

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

on December 11, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Lisa della Casa 1919-2012 Lisa della Casa 1919-2012

The elegant Swiss-born soprano has died at 93.

on December 11, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Marguerite Piazza 1926-2012 Marguerite Piazza 1926-2012

Soprano, television personality and fundraiser Marguerite Piazza died yesterday.

on August 03, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Evelyn Lear 1926-2012 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.

on July 01, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1925-2012 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1925-2012

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

on May 18, 2012 at 8:20 AM
Herbert Breslin 1924-2012 Herbert Breslin 1924-2012

La Cieca has just heard that Herbert Breslin died this morning in Paris.

on May 17, 2012 at 12:49 PM
Charles Anthony 1929-2012 Charles Anthony 1929-2012

The comprimario tenor, veteran of 2,928 performances at the Met, died earlier today. He was 82.

on February 15, 2012 at 1:59 PM

Legendary soprano Sena Jurinac, one of the most beloved artists at the Vienna State Opera, died yesterday. She was 90. [via AP]  

on November 23, 2011 at 8:13 AM

Tenor Salvatore Licitra died earlier today after nine days in a coma following a motorcycle accident. He was 43. [La repubblica]

on September 05, 2011 at 2:19 PM

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…

on August 02, 2011 at 10:51 PM

La Cieca has just heard that the great American baritone Cornell MacNeil died earlier today. He was 88.

on July 16, 2011 at 1:18 PM

The great Welsh soprano, superb interpreter of Mozart, Verdi and Lieder, died earlier today. She was 69. [Washington Post]

on January 28, 2011 at 11:26 PM