Dutch tenor Hubert Delamboye has died. Delamboye studied piano at the conservatory of Maastricht and came under the vocal tutelage of Leo Ketelaars. After graduating from the conservatory in 1974, he went on to perform at major theaters in New York, Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Amsterdam, Brussels, Turin, Vienna, and Zurich. He was a major figure at Salzburg Festival where he performed {…}
Soprano Kristine Ciesinski has died in a crash in Grand Teton National Park at the age of 65. Ciesinski was identified as the pilot of a glider that crashed in Utah. The soprano was a certified flight instructor, who started flying in 1998 after retiring from the operatic scene. Ciesinski was well-known for singing at the opera major theaters including {…}
Mezzo-soprano Isabelle Andréani has died. The French mezzo died at the age of 95. Born in Corsica in 1923, Andréani was well known for starring in the Raymond Rouleau production of Bizet’s “Carmen” in 1959. That production included the sets and costumes by Lila de Nobili and would be shown 367 times at the Palais Garnier until 1970. She was also known {…}
Mezzo-soprano Huguette Tourangeau has passed away. The Canadian Mezzo, who won the Metropolitan National Council auditions in 1964, went on to have an international career after her successful debut as Mercédès in “Carmen” under Zubin Mehta, in 1964. From there she went on to perform leading roles, including “Carmen,” which she toured in North America in a total of 56 cities {…}
John Oliver, who founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Festival Chorus in 1970, and remained its sole conductor until his retirement in August 2015, has died. Oliver died on April 11, 2018 at the Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, following a long illness, at age 78. Born to Marie and Frank Oliver on June 4, 1939, in Teaneck, N.J, Oliver {…}
Tenor Michel Sénéchal has passed away at the age of 91 on April 1, 2018. The international singer who hailed from France was known for his work in the French and Italian repertoire, ranging from Baroque to contemporary works. Sénéchal maintained a stable career in Paris and Brussels and also appeared in Salzburg and Glyndebourne. He also made debuts at the Aix-en-Provence Festival {…}
Soprano María Orán has died. The Spanish soprano born in Tenerife died on March 9, after a long illness. The recognized artist, who studied under Lola Rodríguez Aragón, went on to sing in many of the leading festivals in Spain as well as Portugal, Mexico, Belgium, France, Germany, Australia, Hong Kong, and Israel. Throughout her career, she also worked with {…}
Lithuanian tenor Virgilijus Noreika has passed away. Considered Lithuania’s foremost tenor of the second half of the 20th century, Noreika was born in Šiauliai and graduated with honors from the Lithuanian State Conservatory in 1958. After graduating, he became an ensemble member of the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Lithuania, where he went on to perform numerous roles including {…}
Famed conductor Jesus Lopez Cobos has passed away today, March 2, 2018, in the city of Berlin; the cause of death is given as complications due to cancer. Throughout his career, Cobos was music director with a number of prominent orchestras, such as the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, with which he would become their Conductor Emeritus; Deutsche Oper, where he served {…}
Bass Raimund Herincx has passed away at the age of 90. The British bass, born in London on August 23, 1927, began his career performing at the Welsh National Opera and Sadler’s Wells Opera, singing in over 400 performances and 40 major roles. He would later be engaged for guest appearances in the opera houses of Paris, Brussels, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Stuttgart, {…}
Soprano Tamara Nizhnikova has died at 92. A stalwart of the National Opera and Ballet of Belarus, the soprano was born in Samara on March 9, 1925, and went on to attend the Moscow Conservatory before joining what later became the National Opera and Ballet of Belarus. With the company she portrayed such roles as Rosina in “The Barber of Seville,” Martha in “The {…}