Anton Coppola
Antonio Coppola (March 21, 1917 – March 9, 2020) was an American opera conductor and composer. He was the uncle of movie director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire. He was the grand-uncle of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman, and the younger brother of American composer and musician Carmine Coppola.
Anton Coppola | |
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.jpg) Coppola backstage at the Belk Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2001 during a production of Puccini's Turandot which he conducted for Opera Carolina. | |
| Born | March 21, 1917 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 9, 2020 (aged 102) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Marion Jane Miller (m. 1943, divorced) Almerinda Coppola (m. 1950) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Carmine Coppola (brother) |
| Family | Coppola |
Coppola was the musical director of six Broadway musicals, including Silk Stockings, Bravo Giovanni and The Boy Friend. He conducted two movie scores, 1990s The Godfather Part III and 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula. He appeared in the former, shown conducting the opera Cavalleria rusticana in the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.
Coppola turned 100 in March 2017.[1] He died on March 9, 2020 in New York City, aged 102.[2]
References
- ↑ Fred Plotkin (March 21, 2017). "Composer and Conductor Anton Coppola at 100: Fortissimo". WQXR-FM. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Anton Coppola, Opera Conductor in Filmmaking Clan, Dies at 102". nytimes.com. March 9, 2020.
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