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Mitropoulos was born in Athens, the son of Yannis and
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The dates 18 February 1896 and 1 March 1896 both appear in the literature. Many of
Mitropoulos's early interviews and program notes gave 18 February. In his later interviews, however, the conductor said he was born on 1 March, and most American sources also show this birthdate. The reason for the
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VIENNA MITROPOULOS BRINGS EXCITEMENT TO PUCCINI THE MOST FASCINATING OPERATIC EVENT IN MANY YEARS Dimitri
Mitropoulos, conductor of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony, conducted for the first time a performance of the Vienna State Opera, and this festive performance was, without exaggeration, the
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would host and preside over informal musical gatherings at his house every
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in Vienna on 23 September 1960. On 31 October 1960, two days before his death, Mitropoulos conducted Mahler's Third
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