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Events on Thursday 20 August 2026 1
2026Ileana Cotrubas dies in BucharestDied in Bucharest at the age of 87, leaving behind a legacy of celebrated recordings including La Traviata with Placido Domingo, Le nozze di Figaro under Sir Georg Solti, and La Boheme under Carlos Kleiber.