Biography
Sir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras (; 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.
Filmography
all 9
Movies 9
Director 2
Conductor / Music
Don Giovanni (2008)
Movie
Conductor
8.1 (2005)
Movie
Conductor
Gounod: Romeo et Juliette (1994)
Movie
Conductor
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1988)
Movie
Conductor
A Village Romeo And Juliet (1986)
Movie
Composer
Namatjira the Painter (1974)
Movie
Music Director
Zar und Zimmermann (1969)
Movie
Composer
The Queen in Australia (1954)
Movie
Director
Don Giovanni - The Royal Opera House
Movie
Ratings
Average 4.43
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1954
1974
1988
2008
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1925-11-17
Deathday2010-07-14 (84 years old)
Birth NameAlan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras
Birth PlaceSchenectady, United States of America
CitizenshipsAustralia
Awardshonorary doctorate of the Masaryk University, honorary citizen of Prague, Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Artis Bohemiae Amicis Medal, Companion of the Order of Australia, The Queen's Medal for Music, Centenary Medal, Czech Medal of Merit, Knight Bachelor
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