The innovative opera director has resigned as artistic director at the LA-based Industry. He has been booked to direct a Ring cycle at the Met and wants to spend more time near the furnace.
Tim Griffin will succeed him at the Industry.
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The soprano Loretta Di Franco Pinto, who sang 929 times at the Metropolitan Opera from 1961 to 1995, has died at the age of 82. She lit up the stage, generally in secondary roles, although […]
