Mackerras
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
That requires charisma, willpower and a quality that the conductor Charles Mackerras summarized as “emanation”: sending messages on terms beyond the physical.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2014
Ava June in the title role of the English National Opera's 1977 production of Janacek's Katya Kabanova, conducted by Charles Mackerras.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2013
A concert performance of Mozart’s “Idomeneo” also proceeded without the scheduled conductor, Charles Mackerras, who died last month.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2010
So I prepared for the worst; and yet, what a year of vintage Mackerras performances we've had.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2010
Charles Mackerras leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in the aptly nicknamed "Great" C Major Symphony, on original instruments.
From Time Magazine Archive
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.