FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2005 photo released by Syracuse University in Florence, central Italy, Thursday Jan. 20, 2005, shows a moment of the Fantasy Opera in one act and nine scenes, &quot;Where The Wild Things Are&quot; which will premiere with a fund raising gala for Florence&#x27;s Meyer Children&#x27;s Hospital. The Opera&#x27;s libretto and original designs are by U.S. illustrator Maurice Sendak. Sendak, author of the popular children&#x27;s book &quot;Where the Wild Things Are,&quot; died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (AP Photo/Francesco Guazzelli, Syracuse University in Florence)