Boost
ABOUT
Founding General Director of the Michigan Opera Theatre in 1971. He was also the founding Artistic Director of the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts.His articles were published in Ricordi's "Enciclopedia Della Musica," "Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians," and "Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart" by Bärenreiter.He collaborated with opera singer Joan Sutherland.
BEFORE FAMEHe received his Master's degree in Composition from UCLA. He studied abroad in Italy as a Fulbright scholar. While in Italy, he researched the unpublished manuscripts of 18th-century opera.
PERSONAL LIFEHis parents were Italian immigrants. He fathered two daughters with his wife Karen VanderKloot DiChiera.
FUN FACTSComposer David Dichiera were born on Monday, birthstone is Diamond, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Pig, it is 96 days until David Dichiera next birthday.
