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Thomas Schippers was born on 9 March, 1930 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, is a soundtrack,music_department,actor. Discover Thomas Schippers'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 47 years old?

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Occupation soundtrack,music_department,actor
Age 47 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 9 March, 1930
Birthday 9 March
Birthplace Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Date of death 16 December, 1977
Died Place New York City, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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Thomas Schippers Height, Weight & Measurements

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Who Is Thomas Schippers's Wife?

His wife is Nonie (Elaine) Phipps (17 April 1965 - 6 January 1973) ( her death)

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Wife Nonie (Elaine) Phipps (17 April 1965 - 6 January 1973) ( her death)
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Thomas Schippers Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Thomas Schippers worth at the age of 47 years old? Thomas Schippers’s income source is mostly from being a successful Soundtrack. He is from United States. We have estimated Thomas Schippers's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Soundtrack

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1939

Despite his sexuality, Schippers married Elaine Lane "Nonie" Phipps (1939-1973), an heiress to the Grace shipping fortune and daughter of the noted American polo player Michael Grace Phipps in 1965.

1950

He ventured in Broadway on two productions in the hit 1950 operatic drama, "The Consul" (269 performances at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre) and "The Saint of Bleecker Street" (92 performances at The Broadway Theatre), beginning in late 1954. Homosexual, Schippers maintained lengthy relationships with composer/director/lyricist Gian Carlo Menotti (whom he'd met during "The Consul") and Leonard Bernstein.

Schippers made limited TV appearances during the late 1950s on "What's My Line?" (then considered relatively erudite entertainment; as a contestant referred to as "Mr. X") and "The Ed Sullivan Show.

1953

Former conductor of New York's Metropolitan Opera (from 1953). He regularly conducted The New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1955

Charming, brilliant with a magnetic intensity, Tom Schippers was born in Portage, Michigan to an upper middle class family. His father owned Schippers Appliance in Kalamazoo and recognizing his musical ability, enrolled Tom into a piano class by age four. Excelling in school, he graduated high school at thirteen, attending both The Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School, where he expressed an interest in conducting. Schippers made his conducting debut at the New York Opera at twenty-one and in 1955 began a long stint at The Metropolitan Opera, considered to be the most prestigious position within his rarefied career field.

1960

" During the 1960s and 70s he toured extensively, becoming a regular conductor with the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and made recordings with them as well, but in 1970 he finally took a full time orchestral position with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, succeeding his predecessor at the Metropolitan Opera, Max Rudolf. After making several recordings with them and building the orchestra's international reputation. He never actively pursued a career in Hollywood, remaining devoted to recording largely operatic works which have occasionally found their way on screen.

1966

On 16 September 1966, conducted the world premiere of American composer Samuel Barber's opera, "Antony and Cleopatra," at the new Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in inauguration of the Met Opera's move to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

1973

Sadly, she died of cancer in 1973 at just 34 years old.