Conductor Charles Mackerras dies

Australian conductor known as an authority on Czech music and Mozart dies in London, aged 84The Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, who led the opening concert at the Sydney Opera House, has died in London at the age of 84.Sir Charles, who was due to make a guest appearance at the proms next month, became the first non-Briton to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Last Night of the Proms in 1980.Born in New York to Australian parents in 1925, he was raised in Australia and studied ...

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