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Sir Charles Mackerras
Sir Charles Mackerras
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Sir Charles Mackerras (Sir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras 1925-2010), was an Australian conductor and an authority on the operas of Janácek and Mozart and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. He was long associated with English National Opera and Welsh National Opera and was the first Australian chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He also specialised in Czech music, producing many recordings for the Czech label Supraphon. Photographed in rehearsal in the Great Hall with the Dartington Festival Orchestra at Dartington Summer School of Music.
Sir Charles Mackerras (Sir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras 1925-2010), was an Australian conductor and an authority on the operas of Janácek and Mozart and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. He was long associated with English National Opera and Welsh National Opera and was the first Australian chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He also specialised in Czech music, producing many recordings for the Czech label Supraphon. Photographed in rehearsal in the Great Hall with the Dartington Festival Orchestra at Dartington Summer School of Music.
