<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - richard-strauss</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/richard-strauss</link><description>Newsvine - richard-strauss</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:44:16 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:08:06 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Swiss opera diva Della Casa dies at 93</title>
<description><![CDATA[Famed for her beauty that matched her serene voice, Swiss-born diva Lisa Della Casa swept up crowds at opera houses of the past century with an elegant and radiant style that established her as one of the finest sopranos of her generation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Heilprin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Heilprin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15860103-swiss-opera-diva-della-casa-dies-at-93</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15860103-swiss-opera-diva-della-casa-dies-at-93</guid><category>switzerland</category><category>eu</category><category>obit</category><category>vienna-state-opera</category><category>richard-strauss</category><category>world-news</category><category>della-casa</category><category>lisa-della-casa</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:29:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a872f149-4052-493a-aeb5-3e7d947119e2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a872f149-4052-493a-aeb5-3e7d947119e2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is an October 1973 file photo of  Swiss opera singer Lisa della Casa, center, as she performs  on stage at the Zurich Opera &quot;Opernhaus Zuerich&quot;, Switzerland, . According to media reports on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, Lisa della Casa died at the age of 93 at Muensterlingen at the Lake of Constance, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone/file)  NO ARCHIVE&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=39fb32bb-3550-481c-97a5-d79b8e94210a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="385" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=39fb32bb-3550-481c-97a5-d79b8e94210a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 27, 1959  file picture  Swiss opera singer Lisa della Casa , left, performs with Austrian singer Walter Berry during a dress rehearsal  of Wolfgang Amadeus' opera &quot;Die Zauberfloete&quot; (&quot;The Magic Flute&quot;) at the Salzburger Festspiele in Salzburg, Austria.  According to media reports on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, Lisa della Casa died at the age of 93 at Muensterlingen at the Lake of Constance, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone/Str, File)   NO ARCHIVE &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=60158635-27b5-44db-9be7-42f5adb9fde7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="349" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=60158635-27b5-44db-9be7-42f5adb9fde7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="176" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this October 1973 black and white file picture Swiss opera singer Lisa della Casa performs on stage at the Zurich Opera &quot;Opernhaus Zuerich&quot;, Switzerland. . According to media reports on Tuesday, Dec.  11, 2012, Lisa della Casa died at the age of 93 at Muensterlingen at the Lake of Constance, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone/Str,File)   NO ARCHIVE&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>