Australia opera chief dies

Australia opera chief dies

RIP

norman lebrecht

April 12, 2024

The death has been announced of Stephen Phillips, General Director of State Opera South Australia from 1989 to 2011.

An Englishman from Stratford=upon-Avon, Phillips migrated to Australia in 1973 and found work quickly at the Sydney Opera House.

He was responsible for the first Australia-built Ring cycle.

Comments

  • Dominic Stafford says:

    Such sad news. He was a lovely man.

  • zandonai says:

    RIP. For a moment I thought it’s Harry Bickett! The resemblance.

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