David Charles Abell has had an extraordinarily successful and diverse career in classical music, opera, film music, and musical theater. He has conducted many of the top British orchestras, including the London Symphony, the London Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, and the Bournemouth Symphony. His 2014 critical edition of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate is a landmark scholarly volume on musical theater, and he is immersed in the works of George and Ira Gershwin.

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