Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923-2013)

Wolfgang Sawallisch, the eminent German conductor who directed the Bavarian State Opera for two decades and the Philadelphia Orchestra for a decade, has died at 89. An obituary by Anne Midgette for The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/arts/music/wolfgang-sawallisch-german-conductor-dies-at-89.html?hpw&_r=0