Antonio De Almeida

Born in Paris to an American mother and a Portuguese aristocrat father, Antonio de Almeida retained French citizenship throughout his life and identified most closely with French culture. As a musicologist, he was the twentieth century's leading expert on the music of Jacques Offenbach. As a conductor, he applied himself to a wide range of repertory, notably opera, but he worked especially hard to gain attention for neglected French music. His final project was to record all the symphonies of Henri Sauguet and Charles Tournemire; he died of cancer just one disc short of his go...