{"id":3138,"date":"2011-06-30T08:58:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T22:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=3138"},"modified":"2011-06-30T08:58:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T22:58:39","slug":"sir-charles-mackerras-honoured-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=3138","title":{"rendered":"Sir Charles Mackerras honoured in london"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3139\" href=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/news\/sir-charles-mackerras-honoured-in-london\/3138.html\/attachment\/mackerras\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3139\" title=\"mackerras\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mackerras-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s nearly a year since the death of Sir Charles Mackerras, (17.11.25 &#8211; 14.7.10), a towering figure in the world of music whose career extended through live and recorded performances, operatic, choral and orchestral repertoire, who mentored numerous emerging talents and who was much loved by all with whom he worked. He left an incomparable legacy that will be appreciated long into the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Sir Charles was Director of Music at the English National Opera from 1970 to 1977 and it is under the auspices of this organisation that an honour roll of his colleagues gathered at the London Coliseum last Sunday, 26<sup>th<\/sup> June, to pay tribute to his life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Among them were Dame Felicity Palmer, Lesley Garrett, Susan Bickley, Jonathan Summers, Yvonne Kenny, Janice Watson, and many others.<\/p>\n<p>The repertoire for the evening contained many works championed by Sir Charles, notably arias and choruses from Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s <em>Jen\u016ffa<\/em>, Strauss\u2019s <em>Der Rosenkavalier<\/em>,<\/p>\n<p>Handel\u2019s <em>Julius Caesar in Egypt<\/em>, Mozart\u2019s <em>Marriage of Figaro<\/em> and <em>Idomeneo<\/em>, Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s <em>Pirates of Penzance<\/em> and <em>The Mikado<\/em>, Verdi\u2019s <em>Falstaff<\/em> and <em>Don Carlos<\/em>, Beethoven\u2019s <em>Fidelio<\/em>, Britten\u2019s <em>Peter Grimes<\/em>, and Puccini\u2019s <em>Tosca<\/em>, The ENO orchestra was conducted by no less than three past and present Music Directors of the ENO \u2013 Edward Gardner, Sir Mark Elder and Paul Daniel.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the sale of tickets were donated to the ENO Benevolent Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Read conductor Edward Gardner on his memories of Sir Charles Mackerras.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.opera-britannia.com\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=article&#038;id=530<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s nearly a year since the death of Sir Charles Mackerras, (17.11.25 &#8211; 14.7.10), a towering figure in the world of music&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"sls_format":[],"class_list":["post-3138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"deck":"","is_featured":false,"media_type":"standard","audio_embed":"","video_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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