Charles Mackerras, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Mackerras

Australian conductor

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1925

Place of Birth: Schenectady, New York, United States

Date of Death: 14-Jul-2010

Profession: composer, conductor, music director, oboist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras (; 17 November 1925 – 14 July 2010) was an Australian conductor.
He was an authority on the operas of Janácek 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.