Andrew Porter(1928-2015)

Writer

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Andrew Porter was born on 26 August 1928 in Cape Town, South Africa. He was a writer, known for Live from Lincoln Center (1976), Intermezzo (1983) and Massenet: His Life and Music (2000). He died on 3 April 2015 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.

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Known for

Joshua Bell, Hugh Downs, Renée Fleming, Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel, Natalia Makarova, Audra McDonald, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Louis Perry, Beverly Sills, Martin Bookspan, and Fred Child in Live from Lincoln Center (1976)

Live from Lincoln Center

8.5

TV Series

Writer

Intermezzo (1983)

9.2

TV Movie

Writer

1983

Massenet: His Life and Music

Music Critic

2000

Music on 2 (1965)

TV Series

Self - Introduction

Credits

Writer

Intermezzo
9.2
TV Movie
- English translation
- 1983
Live from Lincoln Center
8.5
TV Series
- translation: English
- 1978

Personal details

Born
- August 26, 1928
- Cape Town, South Africa
Died
- April 3, 2015
- Chelsea, London, England, UK(complications from pneumonia)

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Trivia
British writer on music, editor of the Musical Times (1960-1967), author of singing translations of more than 30 operas, and expert on Verdi. He gloried in the rediscovery of the full original version of "Don Carlos" in the Paris Opéra library, and is author (with David Rosen) of _Verdi's 'Macbeth': a Sourcebook_ (1984).

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