The death has been announced of artistic advisor Erich Seitter who advanced the careers of singer Elina Garanca, conductor Philippe Jordan and many more from an agency that he founded in 1986.
Seitter was consultant to various Austrian and German opera houses, a competition juror and lecturer at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts, under the title Professor.
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