... accused the writer of homosexual practices. In 1908, actress Bette Davis was born in Lowell, Mass.; conductor Herbert von Karajan was born in Salzburg, Austria. In 1975, nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek died at age 87. In 1976 ...

... Traviata," with Sir Georg Solti conducting Angela Gheorghiu and Frank Lopardo; the 1974 film of "Otello" with Herbert von Karajan conducting Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni and Jose van Dam; "Die Walkuere" from the Met with Levine, James Morris ...

... Austrian ties are Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, Brahms, Strauss, Mahler, Schonberg, Herbert von Karajan and Karl Bohm. The Habsburgs, rulers of Austria for more than 700 years, fostered, sponsored and cultivated ...