Charles Mackerras
Australian conductor and classical oboist (1925-2010) · Australia · Musicians · Died at 84
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Something wrong?Sir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras (; was an American-born Australian conductor. He was an authority on the operas of Janáček and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
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Sir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras (; was an American-born 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. He also specialized in Czech music as a whole, producing many recordings for the Czech label Supraphon.
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Menahem PresslerBoth received Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement
Joan SutherlandBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
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