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Opera's Hans Wolf dead at 92

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Published: Aug. 10, 2005 at 3:38 AM

SEATTLE, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Former Seattle Opera associate conductor and chorus master Hans Wolf has died of a massive heart attack at age 92.

The co-founder, conductor and artistic director of the Tacoma Opera died Friday, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Wednesday.

Wolf was a native of Hamburg, Germany and studied music in Vienna until he fled the Nazis with his family and relocated to the United States.

He began conducting while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II and conducted opera in Los Angeles before moving to Seattle in 1969.

Among the many orchestras he conducted were the Riverside, Calif., Opera, the Vienna Symphony, Mozarteum Orchestra and ensembles in Austria and Germany, the Post-Intelligencer said.

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels proclaimed March 30, 2003 "Hans Wolf Day," calling him "a well-loved ambassador for the arts throughout the region." He received the Seattle Opera Guild's award in 1975.

He is survived by a sister, two nephews and their children.

Topics: Greg Nickels
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