Sir George Christie

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Sir George Christie was a prominent British opera administrator best known for his long tenure as chairman of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

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instanceOf British person
human
opera administrator
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED
Knight Bachelor
causeOfDeath cancer
child Gus Christie NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth 1934-12-31
dateOfDeath 2014-05-07
educatedAt Eton College
Trinity College, Cambridge
employer Glyndebourne NERFINISHED
Glyndebourne Festival Opera NERFINISHED
endTime 1999
father John Christie NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork opera management
performing arts administration
genre opera
honorificPrefix Sir
honouredIn 1994 Birthday Honours
knownFor expanding Glyndebourne’s artistic reputation
modernising Glyndebourne Festival Opera
language English
mother Audrey Mildmay NERFINISHED
name George Henry Christie NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableFor chairmanship of Glyndebourne Festival Opera
notableWork development of the new Glyndebourne opera house
occupation arts administrator
opera administrator
oversaw construction of a new opera house at Glyndebourne in the 1990s
placeOfBirth England
London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath East Sussex NERFINISHED
England
Lewes NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
positionHeld chairman of Glyndebourne Festival Opera
residence East Sussex NERFINISHED
Glyndebourne NERFINISHED
spouse Mary Nicholson NERFINISHED
startTime 1958
workLocation East Sussex NERFINISHED

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Aberdeen Grammar School hasNotableAlumnus Sir George Christie