Paul Daniel is an English conductor who began to come to the fore in the 1990s and is particularly noted for performances and recordings of British music. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... A conductor conducting a band at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ...

As a boy he sang in the choir of Coventry Cathedral, where he received musical training. He attended King's College, Cambridge where he studied music. After graduation he went on to learn conducting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where his teachers included Sir Adrian Boult and Sir Edward Downes. The roofless ruins of the old cathedral. ... Full name The Kings College of Our Lady and St Nicholas in Cambridge Motto Veritas Et Utilitas Truth and usefulness Named after Henry VI Previous names - Established 1441 Sister College(s) New College Provost Prof. ... The GSMD seen across the Barbican lake. ... Sir Adrian Cedric Boult (April 8, 1889 - February 22, 1983) was an English conductor. ... Sir Edward Downes, CBE (born June 17, 1924 in Birmingham, England) is an English conductor. ...

In 1982, he received a position on the musical staff of the English National Opera, remaining there until 1987. He also became the Music Director of Opera Factory. The London Coliseum, home of the English National Opera English National Opera (ENO), located at the Coliseum Theatre on St. ...

From 1990 to 1997 he was Musical Director of Opera North and Principal Conductor of the English Northern Philharmonia. He attracted attention widely for his ability to find and bring to the stage worthwhile operas that had never entered the repertory and for his support for newer repertory. Performances included Dukas' Ariane et Barbe-bleue, Tippett's King Priam, Don Giovanni, Schreker's Der Ferne Klang, Boris Godunov (with which Opera North made its Prom debut in 1992), Don Carlos, Wozzeck, Gloriana, Il Trovatore, Pelleas and Melisande, the world premieres of Michael Berkeley's Baa, Baa, Black Sheep and Benedict Mason's Playing Away, which was premiered at the Munich Biennale and won awards for best production and design, Jenufa, Luisa Miller, Médée, Falstaff and Tannhäuser. Opera North is a British opera company. ... Paul Dukas (October 1, 1865 – May 17, 1935) was a French composer of classical music. ... Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (Ariane and Bluebeard) is an opera in three acts by Paul Dukas. ... Sir Michael Kemp Tippett (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was one of the foremost English composers of the 20th century. ... King Priam is an opera by Michael Tippett, to his own libretto based on Homers Iliad. ... Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. ... Franz Schreker (March 23, 1878 - March 21, 1934), Austrian composer and conductor. ... Modest Mussorgsky in 1870 Boris Godunov (Russian: , Borís Godunóv) is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky. ... A Promenade concert in the Royal Albert Hall, 2004. ... Don Carlos is an opera in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi to a French libretto by Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry, based on the dramatic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich Schiller. ... Wozzeck is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885-1935). ... Gloriana is an opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten to an English libretto by William Plomer, based on historical incidents. ... Il trovatore (The Troubadour) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare and Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play El Trobador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. ... Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande) is an opera in five acts by Claude Debussy to a French libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck that almost exactly follows his famous symbolist play Pelléas et Mélisande. ... Michael Berkeley (born 1948) is a British composer. ... Benedict Mason, born on 23 February 1954, is a British composer. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Luisa Miller is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich von Schiller. ... Médée (in Italian: Medea) is an opera by Luigi Cherubini. ... Falstaff is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeares play The Merry Wives of Windsor. ... Tannhäuser (Tannhäuser and the Singers Contest on the Wartburg), an opera in three acts, music and text by Richard Wagner, based on the two Germanic legends of Tannhäuser and the song contest at Wartburg. ...

He was Music Director of English National Opera from September 1997 until 2005. While there he conducted The Flying Dutchman, Falstaff, From the House of the Dead, The Tales of Hoffmann, Manon, Otello, Boris Godunov, La Traviata, Dialogues des Carmelites, Der Rosenkavalier and Peter Grimes. He had already worked extensively with the company where productions included the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus (together with the conductor Elgar Howarth), The Marriage of Figaro, Glass' Akhnaten, Tosca, Carmen, Rigoletto and performances of King Priam, as part of the Tippett birthday celebrations. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... According to folklore, the Flying Dutchman is a ghost ship that can never go home, but must sail the seven seas forever. ... From the House of the Dead (Z Mrtvého Domu in Czech), is an opera by Leoš Janáček. ... Les contes dHoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann) is an opera by Jacques Offenbach. ... Manon is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. ... Otello is an opera in three acts by Gioacchino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Berio di Salsi, based on Shakespeares play Othello. ... La traviata, an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, takes as its basis the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, published in 1848. ... Dialogues of the Carmelites ( in French, Dialogues des Carmélites, Opéra en trois actes et douze tableaux) is an opera by Francis Poulenc. ... Der Rosenkavalier (The Cavalier of the Rose) is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. ... Peter Grimes is an opera by Benjamin Britten, with libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the poem by George Crabbe The Borough. ... Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle, CH (born July 15, 1934) is a British composer, widely seen as one of the most significant modern composers from that country. ... Elgar Howarth is an English conductor and composer. ... Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans: ), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, Le mariage de Figaro (1784). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Akhnaten is an opera based on the life and religious convictions of the pharaoh Akhenaten (a. ... Original poster Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardous drama, La Tosca. ... Poster from the 1875 premiere of Carmen Carmen is a French opera by Georges Bizet. ... Rigoletto is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. ...

In February 1998 Paul Daniel received an Olivier Award for outstanding achievement in opera, and in 1999 he received a Gramophone Award for his English music series on the Naxos label. He was awarded the CBE in the 2000 New Year’s Honours list. The Laurence Olivier Awards, previously known as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, were renamed in honour of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier in 1984, having first been established in 1976. ... The Gramophone Awards are one of the most significant honours bestowed on the classical record industry, often referred to as the Oscars for classical music. ... Naxos Records is a record label specializing in budget-priced classical music CDs. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are...

In September 2005 Paul Daniel presided at the Last Night of the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall. The Guardian reported: Conductor Paul Daniel, making his debut in charge of the Last Night, and joining an elite group of British maestros to have led the Prommers in their annual jingoistic jamboree, proved himself a versatile musician as well as a witty raconteur. A Promenade concert in the Royal Albert Hall, 2004. ... Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victorias husband and consort, Prince Albert. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...

Trivia

At the opening of the Millennium Dome, Daniel wore a coat designed specifically for the occasion by Vivienne Westwood. He went on to wear it for other occasions, including the BBC Proms. The Millennium Dome, with the Canary Wharf complex in the background, seen from the River Thames Aerial view of the Millennium Dome The Millennium Dome, seen from the Isle of Dogs. ... Dame Vivienne Westwood DBE (born Vivienne Isabel Swire in Tintwistle, Cheshire, England on 8 April 1941) is an English fashion designer largely responsible for modern punk and new wave fashions. ... A Promenade concert in the Royal Albert Hall, 2004. ...