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DIED. Karl Richter, 54, German conductor, harpsichordist and organist who founded the Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra, through which he became internationally known for his rigorous, emotional interpretations of Bach and as a leader of the Bach-Handel revival of the '50s and '60s; of a heart attack; in Munich. Richter, who in recent years was himself labeled a romantic by more severely "authentic" Bach interpreters, attributed the zeal for authenticity to "a certain snobbishness" and said: "As a whole, properly performed, Bach always will stay right in the spirit of the present...
...really be concerned with this since his new love, a Puerto-Rican nurse, has a dark secret and the local drug-dealer is up to no good and the whole neighborhood is being torn apart by riots. Gould orchestrates these dramatic situations with the skill of an armless conductor...
...best of the young performers - all but one of the singers are under 30 - can expect to join other TOT-trained artists who have gone on to big-city companies, which do not hire inexperienced singers. Says Philadelphia-born Conductor Louis Salemno, 28, explaining why he joined TOT: "It's all in your head until you get a chance. They gave me a chance. At Chicago's Lyric Opera, they want Toscanini...
Loud parts do not occur with, say, Bayreuth frequency or density. The company for the latest tour included 14 singers (starting salary: $280 a week), a 23-piece orchestra, a conductor and assistant and five-member crew, all of whom have got into costume for the productions. Audience taste tends to restrict TOT'S repertory to the best-known works, which are sung in English. Says Company Manager Jim Toland, 36: "What else can you bring to someone who has never seen opera before but the great ones?" There is a little experimentation: Donizetti's Don Pasquale will...
...same day George Bush and his family will be wel comed by Texas Governor Wil liam Clements at a "black-tie and boots" reception. On Sun day, there will be two candle light dinners and four concerts at the Kennedy Center, featuring Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, Pianist Rudolf Serkin, and Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich leading the National Symphony Orchestra. Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush will toast a "distinguished ladies" reception for 7,000 on Monday...