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1968: Joseph Keilberth, conductor, died in Munich after collapsing while conducting Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the Bavarian State Opera, in exactly the same place as Felix Mottl had done in 1911. 1969: Professional wrestler Mike DiBiase suffered a heart attack in the ring while wrestling his opponent Man Mountain Mike on 2 July in Lubbock ...
As with Category:Musicians who died on stage, it should not be interpreted over-literally. It can include conductors who left or were taken from the podium after becoming ill, and died shortly afterwards, either backstage or in a hospital. It can also include those who died backstage during a scheduled interval (e.g. between acts of an opera).
Marvin Laird, the award-winning Broadway and film composer who also conducted concerts for big stars like Diana Ross and Bernadette Peters, died Monday in Connecticut from natural causes. He was 85.
When the scheduled conductor for a recital of operatic arias became ill and the replacement conductor was involved in a car accident, [5] Bonynge stepped in and, from that time on, he conducted virtually all of his wife's performances. His debut as an opera conductor took place in 1963 in Vancouver, where he conducted Faust.
Davis died Saturday at Rusk Institute in Chicago from leukemia, his manager, Jonathan Brill of Opus 3 Artists, said Sunday. Davis made his Lyric Opera debut in 1986 and led about 700 performances ...
World-renowned Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa has died aged 88, national broadcaster NHK reports.. Reuters cited the cause of his death as heart failure.. Last year, Ozawa returned for the first ...
In other words, if a performer had a heart attack on stage, collapsed, and was taken off stage, dying shortly thereafter, then they should be in this category. However, if a performer died off stage shortly after performing, but showed no evidence of illness or injury during the performance, they probably shouldn't be listed.
Bernard Haitink, a Dutch conductor of refinement and grace who led the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for 27 years and held leadership positions in London, Chicago and Boston, died at his home in ...