Charles Mackerras CH CBE AC
(1925-2010)
conductor, Companion of the Order of Australia, musicologist, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and Companion of Honour (from 2003)
Died aged c. 85
Wikidata WikipediaSir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras AC, CH, CBE (/məˈkɛrəs/; 17 November 1925 – 14 July 2010) 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 its predecessor) and Welsh National Opera and was the first Australian chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He also specialized in Czech music as a whole, producing many recordings for the Czech label Supraphon.
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Sir Charles Mackerras CH.AC.CBE 1925-2010 Conductor and Musicologist Lived Here
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