John Mauceri Biography (1945-)

Full name, John Francis Mauceri; born September 12, 1945, in New York, NY; son of Gene B. (a physician) and Mary Elizabeth (Marino) Mauceri; married BettyWeiss (an arts consultant), June 15, 1968; children: Benjamin Robert. Addresses: Agent--Columbia Artists Management, 165 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Birth Details: September 12, 1945; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

Credits; Stage Work; Conductor, Unless Otherwise Noted
The Saint of Bleecker Street, Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, Vienna, VA, 1973.
Mass (also known as Leonard Bernstein's Mass), Vienna, Austria, 1973.
Music supervisor and director, Candide, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, then Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1973.
Don Carlos, Welsh National Orchestra, 1974.
Death in Venice, San Francisco, CA, 1975.
Angle of Repose, San Francisco, CA, 1976.
Fidelio, Metropolitan Opera, New York City, 1976.
Otello, Scottish Opera, 1976.
Music supervisor and director, On Your Toes, Virginia Theatre, NY, 1982.
La Forza del Destino, English National Orchestra, 1983.
Madama Butterfly, Covent Garden company, Manchester, England, 1983.
Music supervisor and coproducer, On Your Toes, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1984, then London, England.
Producer, music supervisor, and director, Song and Dance, Royale Theatre,New York City, 1985.
Candide, Scottish Opera/Old Vic, 1988.
Street Scene, Scottish Opera, 1989.
Regina, Scottish Opera, 1991.
Also conducted other works, including one featuring the music of ClaudioMonteverdi and another version of Candide, both with New York City Opera Chorus and Orchestra.
Credits; Major Tours
Associate producer, music supervisor, and director, On Your Toes, Miami,FL, New Orleans, LA, and TX, 1984.
Credits; Television Work; Specials
Music supervisor and director, Mass (also known as Leonard Bernstein's Mass), 1973.

Live from the Kennedy Center, PBS, 1981.
Live from the Kennedy Center, PBS, 1982.
"Candide," Great Performances (also known as Live from Lincoln Center), PBS, 1986.
Music director, Gala of Stars, PBS, 1987.
Music conductor, "Bernstein at 70," Great Performances, PBS, 1989.
Music conductor, The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream, PBS, 1993.
Music conductor, "Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound," Great Performances, PBS, 1995.
Music conductor of the Smashing Pumpkins Orchestra, The 13th Annual MTV Music Video Awards, MTV, 1996.
Music conductor, Disney's Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, The DisneyChannel, 1997.
Credits; Television Appearances; Specials
Host, Live from Lincoln Center, CBS Cable, 1980.
Host, Live from Lincoln Center, CBS Cable, 1982.
"Bernstein at 70," Great Performances, PBS, 1989.
"Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound," Great Performances, PBS, 1995.
Disney's Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, The Disney Channel, 1997.
Credits; Television Appearances; Series
Host, A&E Stage (also known as Stage), Arts and Entertainment, 1992-93.
Credits; Film Work
Additional music performer, That's Entertainment III (also known as That's Entertainment! Part III), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1994.
Orchestra conductor, Evita, Buena Vista, 1996.
Credits; Albums
Candide, 1983.
On Your Toes, 1983.
Bernstein: Candide, New York City Opera Chorus and Orchestra, 1985.
Also involved in the recording of Gershwins in Hollywood, Girl Crazy, TheKing and I, Seven Deadly Sins, and Street Scene.
Writings;Composer of Music for Television Series
Classical Music, CBS Cable, 1982.
Writings;Nonfiction
(Contributor) Sennets and Tuckets: A Bernstein Celebration, edited by Steven Ledbetter, Boston Symphony Orchestra in association with D. R. Godine (Boston, MA), 1988.
Writings;Other Writings
Contributor to periodicals, including Musical America and opera publications, especially for the Scottish Opera.

Further Reference

Sources

Musical America, July, 1991, pp. 8-11.
Opera News, June, 1987, pp. 10-13.

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