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THE MAN WHO WOULD BE THANKED.(ALBERTO VILAR)(Interview)

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| August 01, 2001 | RAUCH, RUDOLPH S. | COPYRIGHT 2001 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

ALBERTO VILAR, THE HIGHEST-PROFILE DONOR IN TODAY'S OPERA WORLD, TALKS WITH RUDOLPH S. RAUCH

Anyone with an interest in opera has heard of Alberto Vilar. By his own reckoning, he has given more than $200 million to the classical performing arts, most of it to opera. A chunk of the Metropolitan Opera House -- the Vilar Grand Tier -- bears his name. At London's Royal Opera House is the Vilar Floral Hall. There is a plaque in his honor on the wall of the lobby of the new Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden. Programs bearing the Vilar name, dedicated to helping young singers and fostering co-productions, are lodged at opera houses from St. Petersburg to Los Angeles. The ...

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