Michael Costa
Michael Costa · Arts & Literature
Conductor and composer
1808, Naples, Italy — 1884, Hove, England
Italy · England
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Sir Michael Costa was an Italian-born British conductor and composer who raised orchestral and operatic standards in Victorian England, leading Her Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera and major choral festivals, and composing oratorios such as 'Eli' and 'Naaman.' He was of Sephardic Jewish descent, born into a Neapolitan musical family.
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Conductor and composer
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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