Умер бывший концертмейстер Метрополитен-оперы Стэнли Ричи в возрасте 91 года

Death of ex-Met concertmaster, 91 RIP Indiana University Jacobs School of Music has made known the death of Stanley Ritchie, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of music in violin and early music. Ritchie was a member of the Jacobs faculty from 1982 to 2021. Australian by origin, and convent trained, Ritchie was appointed concertmaster of New York City Opera in 1963, then associate concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera from 1965 to 1970. From 1973 to 1975 he was assistant concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony, then first violinist of the Philadelphia String Quartet, resident at the University of Washington in Seattle. He formed Duo Geminiani and became expert in baroque techniques.