Death of a German music director
mainHans Wallat, who has died after a long illness aged 85, was general music director at the opera houses of Mannheim (1970-80), Dortmund (1980-85) and Düsseldorf/Duisburg (1986-96). He conducted more than 90 Ring cycles and guested at Bayreuth, Vienna, the Bolshoi and the Met.
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