François Cellier
British composer and conductor
Died when: 64 years 22 days (768 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
François Arsène Cellier (14 December 1849 – 5 January 1914), often called Frank, was an English conductor and composer.He is known for his tenure as musical director and conductor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company during the original runs and early revivals of the Savoy operas.
Succeeding his elder brother Alfred as the company's chief conductor in 1878, Cellier devoted almost all the rest of his life to comic opera.
He was musical director for the original runs of nine Gilbert and Sullivan operas and fourteen full-length pieces by other writers at the Savoy Theatre between 1881 and 1902.
He composed songs and also some short curtain raisers that were well received but have rarely been revived.
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