Charles Mackerras
Conductor
1925 – 2010
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Who was Charles Mackerras?
Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, AC, CH, CBE was an Australian conductor. He was an authority on the operas of Janáček and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. He was long associated with the English National Opera and Welsh National Opera and was the first Australian chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
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- Born
- Nov 17, 1925
Schenectady - Also known as
- Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras
- Charles Mackeras
- Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras
- Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, AC, CH, CBE
- Sir Charles Mackerras
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Judy Wilkins
(1947 - 2007)
- Judy Wilkins
- Children
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- Lived in
- Sydney
- Died
- Jul 14, 2010
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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