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