Eugene Goossens |
Eugene Goossens
Date of birth
26.05.1893
Date of death
13.06.1962
Profession
composer, conductor
Country
England
He was Beecham’s assistant at the British National Opera Company (1916-20). Member of Diaghilev’s “Russian Seasons” (1921-26). From 1922 he performed at Covent Garden. Here he staged his operas Judith (1929) and Don Juan de Manyara (1937). After the war, Goossens lived in Australia, where he was director of the conservatory and conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
E. Tsodokov