Michael Costa
Michael Costa is recorded as having received Knight Bachelor. Michael Costa was born in 1808 at Naples. Costa died in 1884 at Hove.
Also recorded as Sir Michael Andrew Angus Costa
Michael Costa
Australian engineer.
Photographer not identified · User scan of Rosenthal, Harold (1958). Two Centuries of Opera at Covent Garden, after p. 96. London: Putnam. OCLC 593682 and 503687870. · Public domain
- Born
- 1808 · Naples.
- Died
- 1884 · Hove.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- composer · conductor
- Fields
- opera
- Honours
- Knight Bachelor
- Languages
- English
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Michael Costa is recorded as having received Knight Bachelor. Michael Costa was born in 1808 at Naples. Costa died in 1884 at Hove.
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(MusicBrainz artist record for Michael Costa) • Country: AU (MusicBrainz artist record for Michael Costa) • Described As: Australian engineer (MusicBrainz artist record for Michael Costa) • Kind Of Artist: person (MusicBrainz artist record for Michael Costa) • Award: Michael Costa is recorded as having received Knight Bachelor.
Michael Costa is recorded as having received Knight Bachelor.
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1808
Michael Costa born at Naples.
1884
Michael Costa died at Hove.
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AU.
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Naples.
Birth place
Hove.
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Michael Costa
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1931081: Michael Costa
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MusicBrainz artist record for Michael CostaMetaBrainz Foundation
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1931081: Michael CostaWikimedia Foundation
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