Also remembered…

Conductor Rudolf Bibl (born 1929) enjoyed a long career in Austria and Germany, holding posts in Graz, Innsbruck, Trier and, most notably, Vienna where, at the Volksoper, he conducted over 2,200 times. He continued to conduct until a few days before his death. One of Hungary’s most popular opera singers, mezzo Klára Takács

(born 1945) enjoyed a career that saw her perform at the New York Met, Venice’s La Fenice and the Salzburg Festival among others. She recorded widely, not least for the Hungaroton label.