Mauceri, John (Francis)

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Mauceri, John (Francis) (b NY, 1945). Amer. conductor. Cond. Yale Univ. SO 1968–74. Opera début Wolf Trap Fest. 1973 (Saint of Bleecker Street). Cond. f. Eur. p. of Bernstein's Mass, Vienna 1973. Eur. opera début Spoleto 1974 ( Menotti's Tamu-Tamu). Brit. opera début 1974; NY Met début 1976; ENO 1983; Royal Opera 1983 (Manchester). Brit. concert début 1976 (SNO). Cond. at NY City Opera 1977–82. Mus. dir. Washington Opera 1980–2, American SO 1984–7, Scottish Opera 1987–93. Co-operated with Bernstein on final rev. vers. of Candide (Scottish Opera, 1988). Cond. f. Brit. p. of Weill's Street Scene, Glasgow (Scottish Opera) 1989. Cond. f. Eur. p. of rev. vers. of Blitzstein's Regina, Glasgow (Scottish Opera) 1991.