Mackerras, (Alan) Charles (MacLaurin)

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Australian conductor. He has helped to make the music of the Czech composer Leoš Janácek more widely known. He was conductor of the Hamburg Opera 1966–69 and of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra 1976–79. He was music director of the Sadler's Wells Opera (now English National Opera) 1970–77 and the Welsh National Opera 1987–92.

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