Sir Charles Mackerras

Sir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras (; (17 November 1925 – 14 July 2010) was an American-born 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.

Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 3 - 2026-03-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Les petits riens, Divertimento No. 1 & German Dances - 2026-03-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Charles Mackerras Conducts Dvořák, Smetana, Brahms, Bartók & Enesco (Remastered) - 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Janáček: Věc Makropulos, JW I/10 & Zápisník zmizelého, JW V/12 (Sung in English) [Live] - 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky's Winter Ballets - 2024-11-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice - 1762 Edition with 1774 Paris Revisions - 2021-12-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Gluck: Alceste, Wq. 44 (Sung in French) [Live Recordings 1981] - 2014-10-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Puccini: Airs d'opéras - 2010-12-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Delibes: Sylvia - La Source - 2009-11-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Handel: Water & Fireworks Music - 2009-02-23T00:00:00.000000Z

The Mozart Album - 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: The Great Operas - 2008-11-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 - 2008-09-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel - 2007-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Janáček: The Makropulos Case - 2007-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Smetana: The Bartered Bride - 2005-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: The Magic Flute - 2005-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day - 2005-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Janáček: Jenůfa - 2004-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

A Verdi Celebration - 2001-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin - 2001-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe; Pineapple Poll - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Renée Fleming - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

La Source / Les Deux Pigeons - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Gilbert and Sullivan - 1999-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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