FYI
1) Austrian Radio is reporting the death of German soprano
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
"http://oe1.orf.at/highlights/62805.html (text in German only).
2) NPR confirmed this in a message to a private list, although
they do not have anything on their website yet.
3) From WTOP: http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=114&sid=869833
"Famed soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, one of the greatest voices
of the 20th century, died at her home in western Austria early
Thursday, state television reported. She was 90...died about
1:15 a.m. in the town of Schruns in Austria's westernmost province
of Vorarlberg, where she most recently lived, state broadcaster
ORF said, citing a local funeral home director. No cause of death
was given."
Karl