offer". He retired in late December 1981 and continued to conduct and be involved with music until his death in Ross, California in 1988. The Adler Fellowship program was started in his name by Terence A. McEwen to support young singers managed by the San Francisco Opera. His son Ronald H. Adler is an opera director and has been artistic director at the Bavarian State Opera (2001–08) and the Berlin State Opera (2008–11). Notable quote "Tradition is what you resort to when you don't have the time and money to do it right." References Notes Sources External links San Francisco Opera official website Online guide to the Kurt Herbert Adler Papers, The Bancroft Library Interview with Kurt Herbert Adler by Bruce Duffie, October 11, 1986 Kurt Herbert Adler (in German) from the online-archive of the Österreichische Mediathek 1905 births 1988 deaths American male conductors (music) Jewish American classical musicians Opera managers Jewish emigrants from Austria to the United States after the Anschluss Musicians from Vienna Austrian conductors (music) Male conductors (music) 20th-century American conductors (music) 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century American Jews