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Sudden death of Vienna tenor, 57

Sudden death of Vienna tenor, 57

The death is being widely reported of Steve Davislim, an Australian tenor of Chinese and Irish origin who lived mostly in Vienna.

Davislim spent the 1990s at the Zurich Opera, limelighting as tenor soloist in David Zinman’s garlanded recording of Beethoven’s 9th. He recorded Mozart with Thielemann, Bach with John Eliot Gardiner and Richard Strauss with Simone Young. Opera roles took him to the Salzburg Festival, Hamburg Opera, Berlin Staatsoper and various stages in Vienna.

No cause of death is yet known. The soprano Laura Aikin writes: ‘he opera community has lost a truly wonderful, kind colleague.’

Søren Schuhmacher writes: ‘Steve, amongst all the colleagues you were one of the nicest and most special ones… Loved you!’ Sunhae Im says: ‘Oh dear Steve!!! It’s so hard to believe… ‘

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