Carlo Bergonzi 1924-2014
The legendary and beloved Italian tenor died earlier today. He was 90.
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Lorin Maazel 1930-2014
The prolific American conductor and composer died earlier today in Virginia.
Julius Rudel 1921-2014
The legendary conductor, mainstay of New York City Opera for 35 years, has died, says @nprclassical.
Claudio Abbado 1933-2014
Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, former musical director of La Scala, has died at the age of 80.
Marta Eggerth, 1912-2013
Operetta and film star Marta Eggerth died yesterday in New York. She was 101.
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.
Tom Krause 1934-2013
Finnish bass-baritone Tom Krause died Thursday. He was 79.
Patrice Chéreau, 1944-2013
The celebrated opera director and filmmaker died today of lung cancer in Paris. He was 68.
Regina Resnik 1922-2013
The American mezzo-soprano, director, filmmaker and teacher Regina Resnik has died.
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.
Deanna Durbin 1921-2013
The silver-voiced teen star of film musicals of the 1930s and 1940s died earlier this week.
Risë Stevens, 1913-2013
The glamorous and beloved mezzo-soprano died yesterday. She was 99.
Galina Vishnevskaya 1926-2012
The soprano and political dissident of the postwar Soviet Union died yesterday in Moscow. She was 86.
Lisa della Casa 1919-2012
The elegant Swiss-born soprano has died at 93.
Marguerite Piazza 1926-2012
Soprano, television personality and fundraiser Marguerite Piazza died yesterday.
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.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1925-2012
Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau died earlier today near Starnberg in Bavaria.
Herbert Breslin 1924-2012
La Cieca has just heard that Herbert Breslin died this morning in Paris.
Charles Anthony 1929-2012
The comprimario tenor, veteran of 2,928 performances at the Met, died earlier today. He was 82.
Sena Jurinac 1921-2011
Legendary soprano Sena Jurinac, one of the most beloved artists at the Vienna State Opera, died yesterday. She was 90. [via AP]
Salvatore Licitra 1968-2011
Tenor Salvatore Licitra died earlier today after nine days in a coma following a motorcycle accident. He was 43. [La repubblica]
Agnes Varis 1930-2011
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 […]
Cornell MacNeil 1922-2011
La Cieca has just heard that the great American baritone Cornell MacNeil died earlier today. He was 88.
Dame Margaret Price 1941-2011
The great Welsh soprano, superb interpreter of Mozart, Verdi and Lieder, died earlier today. She was 69. [Washington Post]
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I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
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