The death has been announced of the prolific set designer Pantelis Dessyllas, one of the busiest in Vienna for the past half century. Pantelis was 89.
His Fledermaus is showing tonight at the Volksoper and he has current shows on other major stages.
From 1971 to 1997, he was head of the set design workshops of all the Austrian Federal Theatres.
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