American opera mourns an English leader
RIPThe death has been reported of Richard Gaddes, founder of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and successor to founder John Crosby as head of Santa Fe Opera. Gaddes, who was 81, died in New York.
Tyneside born, Gaddes set up an artists management company and played a key role in the careers of Kiri te Kanawa, Frederica von Stade, Frank Lopardo and Alan Gilbert. Under his guidance, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis became the first US opera company to perform at the Edinburgh Festival. Gaddes retired from Santa Fe in 2008.
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