biography
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1961– )
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| biography:
| Conductor, born in Sydney, New South Wales, SE Australia. She studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, joining the Australian Opera in 1982. In 1987 she was engaged by Cologne State Opera, first as repetiteur then as assistant conductor, and became the first woman to conduct the Vienna Volksoper, the Vienna Staatsoper, and the Paris Opera. In 1994 she made her British debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and in 1996 her American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. In 2001 became musical director for Opera Australia. |
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