Edward Downes
Conductor
1924 – 2009
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Who was Edward Downes?
Sir Edward Thomas Downes, CBE was an English conductor, specialising in opera.
He was associated with the Royal Opera House from 1952, and with Opera Australia from 1970. He was also well known for his long working relationship with the BBC Philharmonic and for working with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra. Within the field of opera, he was particularly known as a conductor of Verdi.
He and his wife, Lady Downes, committed assisted suicide at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland on 10 July 2009, an event that received significant media coverage.
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- Born
- Jun 17, 1924
Birmingham - Also known as
- Sir Edward Thomas "Ted" Downes
- Edward Thomas Downes
- Sir Edward Downes
- Ted Downes
- Spouses
- Joan Weston
(1955 - 2009/07/10)
- Joan Weston
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Royal College of Music
- University of Birmingham
- Lived in
- Birmingham
- Died
- Jul 10, 2009
Zürich
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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