Goldovsky

She studied under director, conductor and commentator Boris Goldovsky, a mentor to several generations of singers.

She later studied opera at Tanglewood with Sarah Caldwell and Boris Goldovsky.

Sarah served as Goldovsky's assistant, even writing scripts for his intermission programs during the Met radio broadcasts.

A major influence on Caldwell during that period was Boris Goldovsky, who headed the opera department at the New England Conservatory and, in the U.S. at least, was a solitary champion of the concept of opera as theater.

Think of the thousands and thousands of men who have studied composing," says Pianist-Conductor Bo ris Goldovsky, "to produce only about three dozen masters.