his critics, with an iron fist." A Twitter statement from the opera company at the time of this death said "Tito Capobianco was a legendary figure. With visionary leadership spanning over 17 years, he helped build Pittsburgh Opera into what it is today." Metropolitan Opera Capobianco made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1978 with Thaïs, featuring Sills, and returned to that theatre for Simon Boccanegra in 1984, with Sherrill Milnes in the title role. Videography Donizetti: Roberto Devereux (Sills, Marsee, J. Alexander, Fredricks; Rudel, 1975) [live] VAI Verdi: La traviata (Sills, H. Price, Fredricks; Rudel, 1976) [live] VAI Massenet: Manon (Sills, H. Price, Fredricks, Ramey; Rudel, 1977) [live] Paramount Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Tomowa-Sintow, Milnes, Plishka; Levine, 1984) [live] Deutsche Grammophon References Notes Sources Warrack, John & Ewan West, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, Oxford University Press, 1996. 1931 births 2018 deaths Argentine opera directors People from La Plata