Otto Schenk, an actor who became a noted director praised for traditional opera productions and criticized by advocates of ...

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.

Otto Schenk, the prolific Austrian director whose lavishly traditional productions for the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna State Opera thrilled generations of music lovers, died on Thursday at ...

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. Mr ...

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.

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.

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.

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, 2008.

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, 2008.

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.