Richard Divall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Divall

Australian conductor, musicoligist, author, Catholic Brother, and academic

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1945

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 15-Jan-2017

Profession: conductor, musicologist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Richard Sydney Divall AO OBE (9 September 1945 – 15 January 2017) was an Australian conductor and musicologist.
After nine years as a music producer at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, from 1972 on the invitation of Dame Joan Hammond he became the music director of the Victoria State Opera in Melbourne, where he remained for 25 years.
A further five years were spent as Principal Resident Conductor of Opera Australia.
His teachers included Joseph Post, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Reginald Goodall and Wolfgang Wagner.
He was born in Sydney.