On May 6, 2020, Austrian choir director Norbert Balatsch passed away. Born in Vienna on March 10, 1928, Balatsch joined the Wiener Sangerknaben boys’ choir at the age of ten, and became a baritone with the Vienna State Opera in 1952. While serving as choral conductor of a Viennese mens’ choir, the Wiener Mannergesang-Verein, Balatsch gradually made his way up {…}