In Memoriam: Giuseppe Sinopoli - 21 April 2001

A number of international newspapers also had obituaries for Signor Sinopoli.

From the BBC: "The renowned Italian conductor, Giuseppe Sinopoli, has died on stage from a heart [attack] during a performance at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. He dropped his baton and collapsed from the rostrum during the third act of…Aida. Members of the orchestra went to his aid, but he was dead before reaching hospital.

For the whole article go to www.news.bbc.co.uk and search for Sinopoli.

From The New York Times: "He was 54. He made his Bayreuth debut with "Tannhäuser" in 1985, and he was to have led the "Ring" cycle there this summer. Mr. Sinopoli was to have become the general music director of the Deutsche Opera, Berlin, in 1990, but he left precipitously after a dispute with the company's general director, Goetz Friedrich. Friedrich died last December, and Mr. Sinopoli's performance on Friday evening, which he dedicated to Friedrich's memory, was his first at the house since 1990."

For the whole obituary go to http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/30/arts/30WAGN.html and search for Sinopoli.