The world knew him as a force for opera, leading the New York City Opera for 35 years and spearheading the careers of Placido Domingo and Beverly Sills. Western New York knew him as the music director ...

As a boy in Vienna, Conductor Julius Rudel spent endless hours building miniature theaters and staging puppet operas—Salome in a shoe box, Parsifal in a packing crate. The training proved to be apt ...

Julius Rudel leads the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Kleinhans Music Hall. Admission is $20-$60, with a 50 percent discount for students under 23 with a ...