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Lucine Amara, 99, Dies; Familiar Soprano at the Met Saw Bias There

She sang with the Metropolitan Opera for decades, often on short notice, including after lodging a successful age discrimination complaint against the company.

Juli Lynne Charlot, Creator of the Poodle Skirt, Dies at 101

Ms. Charlot’s creation merged seamlessly with the carefree youth culture of the 1950s, becoming visual shorthand for the entire decade.

Peter Schickele, Composer and Gleeful Sire of P.D.Q. Bach, Dies at 88

He wrote more than 100 symphonic, choral, solo instrumental and chamber works. But he was better known, and celebrated, as a musical parodist. Who can...

Topol, Star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the Screen and the Stage, Dies at 87

Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, “Israel’s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.”