On May 31, 2026, Volksoper Wien Choral director Holger Kristen died at the age of 47. Born in Horn, Lower Austria, Austria, Kristen sang at the age of nine in his father’s choir, where he later gained conducting experience. He also received trumpet and piano lessons at the music Musikschule Retz. After a year of singing lessons at the Diözesankonservatorium {…}