CONDUCTOR

Charles Mackerras

1925 - 2010

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Sir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras (; (17 November 1925 – 14 July 2010) was an 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Mackerras has received more than 171,606 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Mackerras is the 85th most popular conductor (down from 70th in 2019), the 5,462nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,653rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Conductor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Charles Mackerras ranks 85 out of 128. Before him are Aleksandr Gauk, Otmar Suitner, Michael Gielen, Ádám Fischer, Zdeněk Mácal, and Adrian Boult. After him are Claudio Scimone, Ferdinand Leitner, Daniele Gatti, Niyazi, Jascha Horenstein, and Antonio Pappano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Charles Mackerras ranks 277. Before him are Giovanni Coppa, András Kovács, Yasushi Akutagawa, Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, Harry Guardino, and Francisco Rodrigues. After him are Antoine Duhamel, Simone Segouin, Gazi Yaşargil, Veikko Hakulinen, Yogi Berra, and Virginia E. Johnson. Among people deceased in 2010, Charles Mackerras ranks 225. Before him are Jackie Burroughs, Ronald Neame, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Dixie Carter, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, and Ed Roberts. After him are Loki Schmidt, Jacqueline de Romilly, George C. Williams, Robert Byrd, Jyoti Basu, and Kenneth Noland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Mackerras ranks 5,462 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Halleck (1815), Ed Roberts (1941), Michael Chiklis (1963), Demi Lovato (1992), Gerald McRaney (1947), and Manny Ayulo (1921). After him are Charles Bacon (1885), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), Jack Benny (1894), Herbert Mullin (1947), Donnie Wahlberg (1969), and Richard Moll (1943).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United States

Among conductors born in United States, Charles Mackerras ranks 5. Before him are Herbert Blomstedt (1927), James Levine (1943), John Philip Sousa (1854), and Kent Nagano (1951). After him are Dennis Russell Davies (1944), Robert Craft (1923), Arthur Fiedler (1894), Alan Gilbert (1967), and Anton Coppola (1917).

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