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Kurt Herbert Adler was often regarded as a difficult, sometimes tyrannical person to work for.

However, as Chatfield-Taylor notes, " singers, conductors, directors, and designers came back season after season ….

They came back because Adler made the SFO an internationally respected company that ran at a high level of professionalism and offered them interesting things to do in a warm and supportive atmosphere.

" Among those who were offered new and exciting challenges were Geraint Evans, the Welsh baritone, Leontyne Price, and Luciano Pavarotti.