https://freerepublic.com/tag/nyco/ en-us Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:45:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3172615/posts Julius Rudel, the Austrian-born conductor who raised the New York City Opera to a venturous golden age with highbrow music for the masses and a repertory that, like him, bridged the Old and New Worlds, died on Thursday at his home in New York. He was 93. His death, announced by his son, Anthony, came eight months after his beloved and financially struggling City Opera filed for bankruptcy and closed its doors. The New York Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3172615/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:45:58 GMT