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.
Genre: classical, opera
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Top Tracks
- Julius Caesar, HWV 17, Act III Scene 1: Flow, my tears (Cleopatra)
- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah"
- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"
- La Rondine, Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
- Zaide, K.344 / Act 1: "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben"
- Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah"
- Tosca, SC 69: Recondita armonia
- Die Zauberflöte / Act 2: "Ach, ich fühl's"
- Julius Caesar, HWV 17, Act I Scene 1: Caesar! Caesar! Egypt acclaims thee (Chorus)
- Julius Caesar, HWV 17: Overture
- Turandot, Act I: Signore, ascolta!
- Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
- Norma / Act 1: Casta Diva
- Julius Caesar, HWV 17, Act I Scene 4: How silently, how slyly (Caesar)
- Julius Caesar, HWV 17, Act I Scene 1: Kneel in tribute, fair land of Egypt (Caesar)
- Il re pastore, K.208 / Act 2: "L'amerò, sarò costante"
- Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K.527: In quali eccessi - Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata (K. 540c)
- Coppélia, Act I: Waltz
- Hallelujah
Albums (67)
- Trumpet Concertos by Albinoni, Handel, Telemann & Hertel (2026-07-10)
- Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 (2026-06-10)
- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (2026-06-02)
- Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerto a due cori No. 2 & Concerti grossi (2026-04-08)
- Havergal Brian: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 31, The Tinker's Wedding (2026-02-10)
- Tchaikovsky's Winter Ballets (2024-11-09)
- Charles Mackerras conducts Schumann: Symphony No. 3 (Live) (2024-03-29)
- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Dawn on the Moskva River (2022-02-18)
- Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice - 1762 Edition with 1774 Paris Revisions (2021-12-31)
- Milestones of Legends: RPO Royal Conductors, Vol. 2 (2021-10-01)
- The Greatest Last Night of the Proms, Vol. 2 (2021-07-16)
- Kaleidoscope - An Orchestral Extravaganza (2021-02-05)
- Gluck, Rameau: Orchestral Suites (2021-02-05)
- Pineapple Poll (2021-01-06)
- Henselt: Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op. 16 - Liszt: Totentanz, S. 126 (2019-11-01)
- Kaleidoscope (2018-10-17)
- Highlights of Charles Mackerras (2017-03-03)
- Gluck: Alceste, Wq. 44 (Sung in French) [Live Recordings 1981] (2014-10-28)
- Gluck: Alceste, Wq. 44 (Sung in French) [Live Recordings 1981] (2014-10-28)
- Sullivan & Mackerras: Pineapple Poll Ballet (2014-10-24)
- Brahms & Bruch: Violin Concertos (2014-09-01)
- Loud (2014-08-24)
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra: 40th Anniversary Edition (2014-02-10)
- Mackerras Conducts: Sibelius & Grieg (2014-01-20)
- Dmitry Shostakovich, Vol. 1 (1994) (2013-02-01)
- Berlioz, Vol. 2 (2012-12-01)
- Jean Sibelius, Vol. 2 (2012-11-01)
- R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan & Till Eulenspiegel (2012-09-25)
- Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 (2012-04-10)
- Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks Concerto - A Due Cori in F Major (Concerto No. 2 for Two Wind Bands and Strings) (Remastered) (2011-12-10)
- Sir Charles Mackerras: Symphonic Collection (2011-12-08)
- Beethoven: Symphony No.9, Choral (2011-10-01)
- Icon: Charles Mackerras (2011-09-12)
- Peter Dawson: Man of Song (2011-08-02)
- Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 & Symphonic Variations (2011-06-01)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 / Mendelssohn: Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream (2011-05-27)
- Suk: Asrael (2011-01-28)
- Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Major (2011-01-21)
- Janacek: Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba (2011-01-01)
- Mahler Symphony No.4 (2010-11-08)
- Dvořák, Smetana: Life with Czech Music (2010-10-15)
- Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 "Unfinished" (2010-07-12)
- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique & Overtures (2010-01-26)
- Mozart: Symphonies 29, 31 "Paris", 32, 35 "Haffner" & 36 "Linz" (2010-01-01)
- Berkeley: Ruth (World Premier Production) (1970-01-01)
- Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3, 4 & 5 (2009-05-04)
- Everybody's Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 100 "Military," 101 "The Clock," 103 "Drumroll" & 104 "London" (2009-04-28)
- Mozart: The Great Operas (2008-11-25)
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (2008-09-09)
- 75th Anniversary Collection - A Recording Heritage, Vol. 4 (2007-01-05)
- Mozart: La clemenza di Tito (2006-01-01)
- Janácek: Operas (2005-01-01)
- Janáček: Jenůfa (2004-05-01)
- Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (2001-03-01)
- Janáček: Šárka (2001-02-14)
- Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 (2000-06-27)
- Orff: Carmina Burana - Holst: The Planets (1999-12-31)
- Gilbert and Sullivan (1999-07-01)
- Handel: Julius Caesar (1999-04-01)
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Highlights) (1996-01-23)
- Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard and Trial by Jury (1996-01-23)
- Renée Fleming - Mozart Arias (1996-01-01)
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (1995-05-23)
- Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore (1994-10-25)
- Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance (1993-10-26)
- Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (Highlights) (1993-01-01)
- Bruch: Violin Concerto, Op. 26 - Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op. 77 (1991-10-01)
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