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DIED. FRANK PATTERSON, 58, Irish tenor who recorded 36 albums in six languages, in styles ranging from opera to folk ballad; of cancer; in New York City...
...contemporary of Mahler's saw him as "a great terrorist genius who, striving for unattainable goals, meets the fate of Icarus." That's a shrewd appraisal of the passionate composer and conductor during his embattled last years as head of the Vienna Opera--when his visionary compositions and inspired performances were commonly met by savage criticism, often fueled by anti-Semitism. In this penultimate volume of his monumental biography, La Grange locates Mahler at the heart of turn-of-the-century Vienna's flourishing cultural milieu, which, together with Mahler's relationships with many of its major figures, he vividly...
...Secretive all-female club that meets weekly to talk ballet, opera, Chenl and Ungaro over tea and lace cookies...
...said Jo was an active participant throughout the year and played in several orchestra pits for campus drama productions, including last year's Dunster House Opera show, Candide...
...year ago, Ozawa announced he would step down from the BSO in 2002 to take the baton at the Vienna State Opera...