(Credit: KAY HERSCHELMANN) Tenor Stephen Gould has died at the age of 61. The news comes only weeks after the tenor announced an early retirement due to bile duct cancer. The Bayreuth Festival first announced the news stating, “It is with deepest sadness and bewilderment that we have to announce the death of our friend and colleague, Stephen Gould. With {…}
French soprano Suzanne Sarroca has died at the age of 96. Born on April 21, 1927, the soprano studied singing at the Conservatoire de Toulouse and began her career as a mezzo-soprano in the role of Charlotte in Massenet’s “Werther” in Carcassonne. That role would be followed by Bizet’s “Carmen” in 1951 in La Monnaie of Brussels. Sarroca eventually moved {…}
(Credit: Fainello Archivio Storico Fondazione Arena di Verona) Italian film and opera director Giuliano Montaldo has died at the age of 93 in Rome, Italy. Born on Feb. 22, 1930, Montaldo went on to become went on to become one of the most admired Italian directors of his generation. Among his most accomplished films were “Sacco & Vanzetti,” “The Reckless,” {…}
On Sept. 7, Italian soprano Margherita Rinaldi died at the age of 88 in Impruneta, Italy. Born on Jan. 12, 1935 in Turin, Italy, Rinaldi went to study music in Rovigo. Following her studies, she went on to win a competition in Spoleto and made her operatic debut in 1958 in the title role of “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The success of {…}
On August 18, 2023 soprano Hilda de Groote died at the age of 77 in Vienna, Austria. Born on Oct. 14, 1945, in Ghent, Belgium, de Groote studied music with opera director Karel Locufier early in her career. She went on to make her debut at the Royal Opera Ghent in 1961 in “Les contes d’Hoffmann” and went on to {…}
Former opera administrator Kyle Ridout passed away on August 30, 2023. He was 66-years-old. The news was first announced on social media with his family noting that he “passed peacefully surrounded by his family.” Moreover, the post noted that Ridout passed following an extended hospital stay and due to medical complications. Born on August 26, 1957 in San Jose, California, {…}
Luis López de Lamadrid has died at the age of 86. The Festival Castell de Peralada, which was founded by López Lamadrid, confirmed the news in a statement that said, “The Perelada Festival deeply regrets the death of Luis Lopez de Lamadrid, who was founder-director of our Festival. For more than two decades, until 2006, it grew the festival, consolidating {…}
Tenor Maxim Paster has died at age 47 on August 31, 2023. The announcement was made by TACT Artist Management, who worked with the tenor for 15 years. “Maxim was more than just an extraordinary talent – he was a cherished member of our TACT Opera family for an unforgettable 15 years,” said the post by TACT Artists Management. “Together, {…}
Bass-baritone Robert Hale has died at the age of 90. Born on August 22, 1933, in Kerrville, Texas, Hale spent his childhood in Louisiana before moving to Oklahoma City, where he attended high school and college. He attended Bethany-Peniel College where he graduated from in 1955 with a Bachelor’s in Music and then completed his Master’s at the University of {…}
(Image courtesy of Wise Music Classical) Composer Gloria Coates passed away on August 19, 2023 at the age of 89. Per a press release issued by Edition Peters Group, Coates passed away in a hospital after being diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer. Born in 1933 in Wausau, Wisconsin, she began composing from an early age before studying in Chicago, Louisiana, {…}
Provost of the Colburn School and former associate dean at Eastman and Cleveland, Adrian Daly has died at the age of 56. Daly died on August 10 of a heart attack while traveling abroad. Daly earned his Master of Arts in Music Performance and Literature from the University of Notre Dame in 1991 and went on to receive his Doctor {…}