Beloved 87-year-old voice coach Barbara Maier Gustern, who was shoved to her death in a shocking attack this month, was remembered Saturday as “a force of nature” who lived life without…
Tuesday morning. She was charged with manslaughter and assault, and released from Rikers Island Friday after her parents posted bail.
Gustern earned a master’s degree in counseling and clinical psychology from Columbia University, before discovering a passion for singing. She performed with the New York City Opera, Fifth Avenue Opera, Greenwich Symphony and on numerous cruise ship tours, the program read. “I made a decision. I decided to be happy for the success of others,” Pearson recalled her saying. “I decided not to compare myself to anyone else and to celebrate the good no matter where I saw it no matter who benefitted from it.”James Keivom for NY PostGustern’s husband, Joe, who performed in “Phamtom of the Opera,” died in 2017. Their only child, Katherine, died in 2003.
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