Thomas Schippers Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Charming, brilliant with a magnetic intensity, Tom Schippers was born in Portage, Michigan to an upper middle class family. His father worked in middle management for Westinghouse and recognizing his musical ability, enrolled Tom into a piano class by age four. Excelling in school, he graduated high school at thirteen, attending both The Curtis ...
Former conductor of New York's Metropolitan Opera (from 1953). He regularly conducted The New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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On 16 September 1966, conducted the world premiere of American composer Samuel Barber's opera, "Antony and Cleopatra," at the new Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in inauguration of the Met Opera's move to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
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Won Broadway's 1955 Tony Award as Best Conductor and Musical Director for "The Saint of Bleecker Street."
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Immigrant
2013
performer: "Il Trovatore"
L'équipier
2004
performer: "Nel dì della vittoria io le incontrai from 'Macbeth' Act 1"
$1.3 Million
