| LC control no. | n 81100627 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Downes, Edward |
| Variant(s) | Dauns, Eduard Downes, E. (Edward) |
| Associated country | England |
| Associated place | London (England) Sydney (N.S.W.) Manchester (England) |
| Birth date | 1924-06-17 |
| Death date | 2009-07-10 |
| Place of birth | Birmingham (England) |
| Place of death | Zurich (Switzerland) |
| Field of activity | Opera |
| Affiliation | Royal Opera House (London, England) Royal Opera House (London, England) Australian Opera BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Profession or occupation | Conductors (Music) Translators |
| Special note | Do not confuse with Downes, Edward, 1911-2001, the American music critic |
| Found in | Romantic arias. [Phonodisc] 1969. New Grove (Downes, Edward (Thomas), b. June 17, 1924, Birmingham; English conductor) Vasilev, A. Operen ret︠s︡ital na Asen Vasilev [SR] 1983?: container (Eduard Dauns, conductor; Edward Downes [in rom.]) Times online WWW site, July 14, 2009 (Sir Edward Downes, CBE; b. June 17, 1924, Birmingham; d. July 10, 2009, Zurich; British opera conductor) Information from 678 converted Dec. 19, 2014 (British orchestral conductor) Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich. Katerina Izmaĭlova, 1965: parallel title page (E. Downes; translator) Grove music online, October 12, 2018 (Downes, Sir Edward (Thomas); born June 17, 1924, Birmingham, died July 10, 2009, Zurich; English conductor; on the music staff of Covent Garden, 1952-1969; there he conducted the first Western production of Shostakovich's Katerina Izmaylova (1963), for which he translated the libretto; music director of Australian Opera, Sydney, 1972-1976; principal conductor of the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra (later BBC Philharmonic), 1980-1991; appointed associate music director and principal conductor at Covent Garden in 1991) |
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