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Charles MacKay was born on 27 March, 1814 in Perth, Scotland, is an American arts administrator (born 1950). Discover Charles MacKay's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

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Occupation Poet, journalist, and author
Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 27 March, 1814
Birthday 27 March
Birthplace Perth, Scotland
Date of death 24 December 1889,
Died Place London
Nationality Perth

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1950

Charles MacKay (born May 1950, Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American arts administrator, known for leadership roles at the Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Spoleto Festival USA/Festival of Two Worlds.

MacKay is the son of John and Margaret MacKay, and an alumnus of Santa Fe High School and of the University of Minnesota.

He was a French horn player in his youth, and joined the orchestra of the Santa Fe Opera (SFO) at age 17.

He was a volunteer with Santa Fe Opera at age 15, and began to work in administrative capacities with SFO at age 18.

He worked at SFO as an orchestra librarian, in the business office and painting stage scenery.

Subsequently, with SFO, MacKay also held several administrative positions, including box office manager, assistant orchestra manager and business manager, the last position for 4 years.

1978

After leaving Santa Fe, his other administrative positions include a 6-year tenure as director of finance and administration for the Spoleto Festival USA, from 1978 to 1984.

For 5 years, he was the manager for the American artists at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy.

1984

In 1984, MacKay became executive director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL), recruited to the post by OTSL's first general director Richard Gaddes.

1985

In 1985, MacKay was named OTSL's second general director.

During his tenure, MacKay presided over the growth of OTSL's endowment from US$682,000 to $18 million, and maintained the company's record of never posting a deficit.

1997

MacKay is a 1997 recipient of the Arts Management Career Service Award.

2004

He has served as chairman of the board of Opera America since 2004, and concluded his tenure in that post in June 2008.

2006

He also raised funds for the construction of the Sally S. Levy Opera Center, the company's first permanent administrative facility, which was completed in 2006.

2007

In November 2007, SFO named MacKay as its third general director, succeeding Richard Gaddes and John Crosby.

2008

He concluded his OTSL tenure on 30 September 2008, and began his tenure as SFO general director on 1 October of that year.

His immediate challenges were financial, in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

2010

During his tenure, MacKay programmed several opera in their first stagings at Santa Fe Opera, including The Tales of Hoffmann (2010), Faust (2011), and in 2012 alone, The Pearl Fishers, Rossini's Maometto II (in a new critical edition) and Karol Szymanowski's King Roger.

2012

In addition to the Met, these companies have included Minnesota Opera (Strauss' Arabella in 2012) and Opera Philadelphia (the Morrison / Cox Oscar in 2013).

2013

In 2013, Rossini's La donna del lago received its Santa Fe premiere in a co-production with the Metropolitan Opera.

2014

The 2014 season saw the first Santa Fe production of Beethoven's Fidelio.

Additionally, MacKay's tenure has been characterized by working in collaboration with several opera companies across the United States on co-productions, some of which have been US or world premieres of new operas.

2015

SFO presented five world premieres during MacKay's tenure, including Cold Mountain by Jennifer Higdon and Gene Scheer (2015) and The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs by Mason Bates and Mark Campbell (2018).

MacKay also appointed Frédéric Chaslin and Harry Bicket in succession each as chief conductor of the company.

2017

In August 2017, Santa Fe Opera announced MacKay's intention to step down as its general director after the 2018 season.

2018

In 2018, he was awarded an honorary degree (Doctor of Music) from Indiana University.