Maazel, Lorin
Entry updated 27 June 2025. Tagged: Music, People.
(1930-2014) Composer and conductor, much better known in the latter capacity, born in France to American parents and brought up in the US. Among his infrequent compositions is the opera 1984 (2005) based on Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell, with a libretto by J D McClatchy and Thomas Meehan. With a somewhat conventionally melodramatic score, it was not well received by critics, but has proved popular in revivals. [CWa]
Lorin Maazel
born Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: 6 March 1930
died Virginia, USA: July 13 2014
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