New Zealand Opera chief, RIP
RIPThe American conductor Raymond Dobbs Franks has died at the age of 90.
He was music director of New Zealand Opera in Wellington in the 1960s and subsequently worked with Australian companies.
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Very sad to hear of the death of Dobbs Franks. A fine conductor and a lovely man. Always very supportive of young musicians. And an excellent dinner companion!
Superb musician, both as conductor and pianist. He conducted orchestras I played in several times, most notably The Saint of Bleecker Street; and once accompanied me in the rather-sticky-for-piano Hindemith Tuba Sonata. He will be missed.