He is based in Munich. Otto Schenk, the prolific Austrian director whose lavishly traditional productions for the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna State Opera thrilled generations of music lovers ...

Family, friends and hundreds of mourners bid farewell to the audience favorite at Vienna's Central Cemetery. For many, Otto ...

The final curtain for one of Austria's most famous Actors, the legendary Otto Schenk, who sadly passed away on January 9th, ...

Otto Schenk, Director Known for Traditional Opera Productions, Dies at 94 Otto Schenk, an actor who became a noted director praised for traditional opera productions and criticized by advocates of ...

Otto Schenk, an Austrian actor who became a prominent opera director revered among traditionalists, especially for his productions of the works of Richard Wagner, died Jan. 9. He was 94.

FILE - Otto Schenk performs in the role of Herr von Ledig performs during a dress rehearsal for Johann Nestroy's "Unverhofft" at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna, on Tuesday, Jan. 15 ...

Otto Schenk, an actor who became a noted director praised for traditional opera productions and criticized by advocates of contemporary approaches, died Thursday at age 94. Schenk lived in Austria ...