Anton Coppola | |
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![]() Coppola backstage at the Belk Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2001 during a production of Puccini's Turandot which he conducted for Opera Carolina. | |
Born | Antonio Francesco Coppola March 21, 1917 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | March 9, 2020 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 102)
Spouses | Marion Jane Miller
(m. 1943, divorced)Almarinda Drago (m. 1950) |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Carmine Coppola (brother) |
Family | Coppola |
Antonio Francesco Coppola (March 21, 1917 – March 9, 2020) was an American opera conductor and composer. He was the uncle of film director Francis Ford Coppola, academic August Coppola, and actress Talia Shire, as well as the great-uncle of Nicolas Cage, Christopher Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman, and the younger brother of American composer and musician Carmine Coppola.