What is Richard Divall?
[[File:Richard Divall Conductor 2012 LucasDejong.jpg|thumb|Richard Divall]] '''Richard Divall''' {{Small|[[Officer of the Order of Australia|AO]] [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]]}} (9 September 1945 &ndash; 15 January 2017) was an [[Australia]]n conductor and [[musicologist]]. He spent nine years as a music producer at the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. He was born in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]. From 1972, on the invitation of [[Joan Hammond|Dame Joan Hammond]], he became the music director of the [[Victoria State Opera]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. He stayed with the opera for 25 years. His teachers included [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]], [[Charles Mackerras|Sir Charles Mackerras]], [[Reginald Goodall|Sir Reginald Goodall]] and [[Wolfgang Wagner]]. He was also a professor in Melbourne, [[London]] and [[Malta]]. Divall died after a long illness 15 January 2017 in Melbourne. He was 71.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/maestro-richard-divall-one-of-australias-great-conductors-dies-after-long-illness/news-story/989206d93bb5e7524eba01822c0c2d70|title=Maestro Richard Divall, one of Australia’s great conductors, dies after long illness|work=Perth Now|date=16 January 2017|access-date=16 January 2017}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Divall, Richard}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Australian conductors]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Victoria (Australia)]] [[Category:Musicians from Sydney]] [[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] {{Bio-stub}}