Soprano Montserrat Caballé has passed away on Saturday. She was 85. The soprano was recently hospitalized after suffering some health complaints. Per reports out of Barcelona, the soprano’s funeral will be held in Barcelona on Monday. Born on April 12, 1933 in Barcelona, Caballé built up a career as one of the great sopranos in the Italian repertoire, dominating the {…}
South African bass-baritone George Stevens has died at the age of 51. The bass-baritone was undergoing surgery, which caused his death. An acting director of the Opera School at the University of Cape Town, the bass-baritone became principal baritone at Staatstheater Bremen in Germany from 1998 to 2006 and won the Kurt-Hübner Prize for “most convincing singer and actor with {…}
Tito Capobianco has died at the age of 87. The famed director died of lung cancer in Florida. Born in Argentina, Capobianco grew up in a family of musicians and studied at the Teatro Argentino de la Plata, where he graduated from being a super to singing baritone roles and also learned stage managing. He would make his debut with the {…}
Soprano Luisa Mandelli has died on 95. The soprano, who was best-known for performing Annina alongside Maria Callas at La Scala, was a constant presence in the theatre, traveling on the metro from her home in Verdi’s retirement house for musicians to La Scala. She last appeared onstage at the Milanese theatre on Sept. 14, 2017, for an evening to commemorate {…}
Mezzo-soprano Katherine Pring has passed away at the age of 78. Born in Brighton in 1940, the mezzo went on to study at the RCM, London, and at the Geneva Conservatory, joining Sadler’s Wells Opera (later the ENO) in 1968. With the English National Opera, she would become well-known for her interpretation as Carmen and Fricka in the Ring Cycle. She {…}
Famed soprano Ingeborg Borkh, born on May 26, 1917, passed away at August 26, 2018. The soprano, known for her interpretations in the German repertory, spent most of her career in Switzerland, receiving the high honor of the Hans-Reinhart-Ring. Borkh started off her career as an actress bu started to perform as a singer in 1940 when she performed in {…}
The English National Opera has announced the death of tenor Arthur Davies. The tenor was well-known with the company particularly for his role as the Duke in Jonathan Miller’s classic production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” He would go on to perform the role in five revivals and the ENO’s tour to the U.S. A favorite of the ENO, Davies made his debut {…}
Mezzo-soprano Valentina Levko has died at the age of 92. The Russian mezzo was a noted opera and chamber singer who in her later years became a distinguished teacher and professor. While the Levko had an international career, she was renown as a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre from 1960 through 1982 and in 1969, she was awarded the People’s Artist {…}
Two-time Emmy Award-winning composer, lyricist, conductor, pianist, and producer Glen Roven has passed away at the age of 60. Roven was known for his diversity in music having started his career on Broadway as a rehearsal pianist for “Pippin,” while still in high school, and at 19 was the musical director of “Sugar Babies” on Broadway. He would then go on {…}
Polish soprano Isabella Nawe has died at the age of 75. The soprano, who was born in Czestochowa became a huge name in Berlin making her home at the Berlin State Opera. She went on to sing with the company from 1970 to the mid-1990s. The soprano established herself as a coloratura soprano, performing such signature roles as Konstanze in {…}
The New York City Opera has announced the passing of tenor John Lankston at age 84. The tenor made his debut with City Opera in 1966 in the role of Pedrillo and became a huge star with the company. He would go on to perform with the company until the 2000s. Among the many highlights, he had with the company {…}