Famed opera director Johannes Felsenstein has passed away on Oct. 30, 2017 at the age of 73. Born in 1944, he was the son of Walter Felsenstein, longtime director and founder of the Komische Oper Berlin. His father, unsurprisingly, was a major influence on his career growth, teaching the young Felsenstein about direction. Felsenstein would become an assistant at the {…}