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Roger Norrington(1934-2025)

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Roger Norrington was born on 16 March 1934 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Live from Lincoln Center (1976), Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) and Music on 2 (1965). He was married to Kay Lawrence and Susan McLean May. He died on 18 July 2025 in England, UK.
BornMarch 16, 1934
DiedJuly 18, 2025(91)
BornMarch 16, 1934
DiedJuly 18, 2025(91)
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Joshua Bell, Hugh Downs, Renée Fleming, Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel, Natalia Makarova, Audra McDonald, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Louis Perry, Beverly Sills, Martin Bookspan, and Fred Child in Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
Live from Lincoln Center
8.5
TV Series
  • Music Department
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
Capitalism: A Love Story
7.4
  • Soundtrack
  • 2009
Music on 2 (1965)
Music on 2
TV Series
  • Music Department
Orfeo
TV Movie
  • Music Department
  • 1979

Credits

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Music Department

  • Joseph Haydn, der Symphoniker
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • 2009
  • Die Zauberflöte
    TV Movie
    • conductor (as Sir Roger Norrington)
    • 2000
  • Great Composers (1997)
    Great Composers
    8.0
    TV Series
    • conducted by: Prague Symphony Orchestra
    • 1997
  • Joshua Bell, Hugh Downs, Renée Fleming, Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel, Natalia Makarova, Audra McDonald, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Louis Perry, Beverly Sills, Martin Bookspan, and Fred Child in Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
    Live from Lincoln Center
    8.5
    TV Series
    • music director: Orchestra of St. Lukes
    • 1990
  • King Priam (1985)
    King Priam
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • 1985
  • Michael Gough in The Cantor of St Thomas's (1984)
    The Cantor of St Thomas's
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • musical director
    • 1984
  • Orfeo
    TV Movie
    • conductor
    • 1979
  • Music on 2 (1965)
    Music on 2
    TV Series
    • conductor
    • 1971

Actor

  • The Rose Affair
    TV Movie
    • Hugo
    • 1968

Soundtrack

  • BBC Proms (2012)
    BBC Proms
    7.5
    TV Series
    • performer: "Cockaigne (In Lodnon Town): Overture" (as Sir Roger Norrington)
    • 2012
  • Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
    Capitalism: A Love Story
    7.4
    • performer: "Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125 II. Molto Vivace - Presto", "Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125 III. Adagio molto e cantabile"
    • 2009

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Sir Roger Norrington
  • Born
    • March 16, 1934
    • Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • July 18, 2025
    • England, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Kay Lawrence1986 - July 18, 2025 (his death, 1 child)
  • Children
      Amy
  • Parents
      Edith Joyce Carver
  • Relatives
      Humphrey Thomas Norrington(Sibling)

Did you know

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    He was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire) in 1990.

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