The remarkable Sarah Caldwell -- opera director, conductor and visionary founder of the Opera Company of Boston -- died of natural causes on Thursday, at the age of 82. Tony Tommasini's fine New York Times obit is currently plastered on the splash page of the paper's web site, a nice touch.
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