A note from the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra report from the Saint Louis Symphony says Hans Vonk died this morning. Services will be held on Sept. 2 in Amsterdam. He was 62, made his debut at Netherlands Opera with Fortner's "Don Perlimplin," conducted his first opera in the US in 1979 (a San Diego "La traviata"). Music director of Netherlands Opera from 1976 to 1985, he became principal conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle and artistic director of the Semperoper, Dresden. Janos Gereben www.sfcv.org [log in to unmask]