West Side Story book. I was 12 years old at the time.
My program. I really liked it! (1968)
The Music Man play autographed to a kid in New York City (1958)
John (age 15) giving his lecture on Wagner's Ring Cycle at East Meadow High School (May, 1962). (The blackboard reads 'Operntag mit Johann von Mauceri.')
John's grandfather, Baldassare Mauceri, with his violin students in Brooklyn, ca. 1925. This little boy to his right is John's father, Gene (Biagino), age five.
John at his uncle's wedding in 1950
John at age 2, Laurelton, New York.
1960’s
Yale Symphony Orchestra, 1969
Autographed photo of Birgit Nilsson "To John with best wishes for a great musical career Sincerely Birgit Nilsson (Fidelio) 1966
Conducting at Sait Thomas Moore Church, Yale University, 1969
Autographed photo "To John F. Mauceri with thanks and best wishes. Sincerely yours, Kirsten Flagstad Nov. 1961"
John with Friedelind Wagner at Bayreuth in 1966.
Maria Callas autograph: "To John Mauceri very sincerely Maria Callas 1964."
1970’s
Leonard Bernstein, Marylin Horne and JM at the Met's "Carmen," rehearsal in 1972.
Rehearsal notes at Vienna's Konzerthaus, 1973.
Orchestration class (1972): the Harp
Congratulating Ives scholar, John Kirpatrick, after the Paris premiere of Ives' Symphony No.4 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in 1971.
Autographed photo of Rudolf Serkin "To John Mauceri, in remembrance of our happy musicmaking together! Rudolf Serkin. May 1974"
John with Leopold Stokowski at Yale (1971)
Paris, 1971: Yale Symphony Orchestra tour, American Ambassador's residence.
Rehearsing with Rudolph Serkin and the Los Angeles Philharminc (1974).
Rehearsing for professional orchestral debut with Los Angeles Philharmonic (1974).
Autograph of Lotte Lenya: "For John Mauceri with many thanks for his beautifully conducted Street Scene Lotte Lenya Nov. 1978"
Metropolitan Opera debut (Fidelio) January 1976. left to right: John Macurdy, Judith Blegen, John Mauceri, Gwyneth Jones, Jess Thomas, Donald McIntyre, James Morris.
John with Karl Boehm in New York (1979).
John with Beverly Sills at her last New York operatic performance: La Loca by Gian Carlo Menotti (1979).
Christian Steiner formal photo from 1971
Portrait, ca. 1977.
John with Richard Wagner's granddaughter, Friedelind, during rehearsals for "Rienzi" in San Antonio, Texas, 1977.
Meeting Leonard Bernstein at the Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood, summer of 1971.
John with Aaron Copland at Leonard Bernstein's 60th birthday concert (Wolf trap Farm Park), 1978.
1980’s
Opening night, "La Boheme," with Jerry Hadley, Gian Carlo Menotti, Sherry Greenawald, Martin Feinstein, President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan (1980)
Autograph from Shirley Verrett and Carlo Bergonzi after a Washington Opera performance of "Tosca" conducted by JM in 1982.
Legendary stage director, Margarita Wallman, with John Mordler in Monte Carlo for Wallman's last new production, Madama Butterfly (1988).
Presentation to HRH Queen Elizabeth II, with Leonard Bernstein and family (1986)
Debut at La Scala Opera House (1983): Leonard Bernstein's A Quiet Place. Left to right: Stephen Wadsworth, JM, Grethe Holby, Neil Paul Jampolis, David Gropman, William Ivey Long
Rehearsing with Leontyne Price at the Kennedy Center in 1981.
"My Fair Lady" recorded in London in 1987, with Jeremy Irons, Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir John Gielgud.
Ron Howard photo, 1985.
Glasgow portrait, 1989
John with the legendary Broadway orchestrator, Hans Spialek, at the recording sessions for "On Your Toes" in 1983
John with Hans Hotter and Evelyn Lear, San Francisco Lulu (1989).
Eric Thorburne portrait, Glasgow 1985
John with Leonard Bernstein at la Scala (1983), after JM's house debut conducting and editing the European premiere of "A Quiet Place."
Sharing a laugh with Leonard Bernstein in Glasgow during the rehearsal period before the world premiere of the definitive vserion of "Candide" in 1989.
First rehearsal of Leonard Bernstein's A Quiet Place at la Scala (1984). Photo by Grethe Holby.
1983 meeting of John Mauceri with George Balanchine (87 years old) and George Abbott (96 years old).
Johnwith Bernadette Peters at PBS' Gala ("A Musical Toast") in 1987.
1990’s
Stand and Be Proud (JM in the middle) 1992 Los Angeles
Outside Vienna's Konzerthaus with poster of Centenary concert honoring the birth of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1997)
Conducting Ute Lemper in Berlin (1990)
John with Trisha Yearwood, after her Bowl debut (1997).
Curtain call for Zhang Yimou's production of "Turandot" at Turin's Teatro Regio (1996).
John with Patti LuPone at the Hollywood Bowl (1995).
John with the Rodgers and Hammerstein family at Dorothy Rodgers' home (1993).
John with Gian Carlo Menotti and Renata Scotto in Turin after a performance of menotti's "The Medium," directed and sung by Scotto (1998).
John and Madonna in London, after recording "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" for the film soundtrack in 1996.
New York Philharmonic debut in 1995.
Portrait ca. 1990
John with Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsly (after recording "The Kind and I") in 1992.
John Mauceri and John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl (1992).
Gregory Hines and Patti Austin, 1992 John conducting the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.
Hollywood Bowl portrait, 1997 (Donald Dietz)
John with Nicolai Gedda and record producer Michael Haas in Berlin 1993, during the recording sessions for Korngold's "Das Wunder der Heliane."
John with composer Berthold Goldschmidt in Berlin (1994).
John Mauceri with Patti Austin and Gregory Hinds in Bowl dressing room, 1991.
FInal scene of Carmen at the Tearo Regio (Turin, Italy), under the musical director of Mr. Mauceri (1996).
John with Alan Cumming and Ann Miller, rehearsing for their Hollywood Bowl debuts in 1997.
John with Garth Brooks onstage at the Holllywood Bowl for Garth's orchestral debut (1994).
2000’s
With "Mama Africa" Miriam Makeba 2000
With Art Linkletter 2000
With André Watts 2000
With Betty White at the Bowl
Rehearsing for the world premiere of the Lord of the Rings Symphony with Howard Shore. Wellington, new Zealand 2003
West Side Story Rehearsal 2007 (UNCSA)
John with Wynton Marsalis in WInston-Salem (2009).
West Side Story (2007)
West Side Story (2007)
West Side Story (2007)
West Side Story: restoration 2007
John helps a student with the wash.
Angela Michelle Story, Kendall Ramseur, and Chancellor John Mauceri on the 2008 Grammy Awards red carpet.
John in orchestra rehearsal
John and Betty Mauceri at Chancellor Mauceri's Installation (April, 2007)
Chancellor Mauceri's Installation (April, 2007)
Michal Rogalski, Angela Michelle Story, Kendall Ramseur, and Chancellor John Mauceri at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards (2008)
John given a gift by a future student (2009).
John Mauceri and Dean Gerald Freedman 2007
Promotional phot for UNCSA's production "Fanfare."
John with Pickles and a few UNCSA students.
John and Danny Elfman on the occasion of Elfman's honorary doctorate from UNCSA (2007).
John with author and a founding father of UNCSA, John Ehle at Chancellor Mauceri's Installation (April, 2007)
Curtain Call: Balanchine's Serenade (2006)
John sits in on one of Susan McCullough's dance classes.
John trys his hand at costume building with Matt Kessler.
John and Kristin Chenoweth on the occasion of her becoming an honorary doctor at UNCSA's commencement ceremonies (2009).
John chatting with some students (2009)
John and Maya Angelou at Chancellor Mauceri's Installation (April, 2007)
John with Miss Maggie in the UNCSA cafeteria.
John at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. where he did his primary research on the original 1935 production version of Gershwin's Porgy & Bess.
John and Stevie Wonder (2002)
John Mauceri conducts the Radiosymphonieorchester Wien (Vienna Radio Orchestra) at the Konzerthaus (2007), commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
John with Roger Daltry (2003)
Composer Richard M. Sherman with the Mauceri family at the Hollywood Bowl (2005)
Ethan Stiefel, Gillian Murphy, John Mauceri and Adam Guettel (2009).
with Gerald Freedman and alumnus Blake Griffin, preparing for Disney Concert (October 2009)
John Mauceri with John and Bonnie Raitt, Hollywood Bowl 2001
John Mauceri with André Watts in 2005.
Eric Cutler, John Mauceri, Nicole Cabell, Nathan Gunn and Christian Van Horne backstage at the Chicago Lyric Opera after the final performance of les Pecheurs de Perles (2008).
John and Pluto (2004)
John Mauceri with the great fado singer, Mariza, at the Hollywood Bowl, 2006.
John Mauceri awaits his close up. in the opening episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006).
John and Mickey, Hollywood Bowl 2004
John with Mary Tyler Moore and Dick van Dyke on the occasion of their on stage reunion at the Hollywood Bowl in 2001.
John with Elijah Kelley and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Photo by Andrew Young
Marni Nixon and Melissa Errico performing The Sound of Music at the Bowl, 2006.
John and Maya Angelou at Chancellor Mauceri's Installation (April, 2007)
John with John Williams at the opening of the Hollywood Bowl 2009 season.
John with Joshua Bell (2005)
2009 Portrait
John Mauceri with the late William Warfield, one of the world's great Porgys.
John Mauceri with Placido Domingo at their induction into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame, 2007.
John and Michael Bublé on the occasion of his orchestral debut (2003)
John with Chita Rivera and Dick Van Dyke at the Motion Picture and Television Fund benefit (los Angeles, 2007).
Hugh Jackman, Kristen Chenoweth and John Mauceri rehearse "Anything you can do, I can do Better!" for the Motion Picture and Television Fund gala (November 8, 2008). Photo by Andrew Young
John and Hugh Jackman, November 8, 2008 - Sony Studios. Photo by Andrew Young
John greets composer David Raksin on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Sept. 1, 2002.
John with the percussion section of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John with Jerry Goldsmith, the percussion section of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the instrument known as "the Beam," used in the score to Star Trek: The Motion Picture on the occasion of the release of the director's cut in 2001.
John with composer Jerry Goldsmith (and wife Carol) in 2001
John with Mr. (Fred) Rogers in Pittsburgh, 2001.
John Mauceri with Garth Brooks and John Williams (2002)
John with friends Elmo and Grover in 2005
John with Melissa Errico and John Lithgow, rehearsing My Fair Lady (2003)
John with Davey Crockett (Fess Parker) in 2004
John and Danny Elfman on the occasion of Elfman's honorary doctorate from UNCSA (2007).
Elijah Kelley rehearsing his back flip! Photo by Andrew Young
John with Aretha Franklin 2001, Washington D.C.
John with Elton John at the White House, 2001
John with Steven Spielberg and Itzhak Perlman - Kennedy Center Opera House 2001
John with Dame Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne, Kennedy Center Honors, 2001
John with John Travolta, Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens at DIsney Rollout 2008.
John with Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose and Vanessa Willams at the Motion Picture and Television Fund benefit, 2007.
John and Kristin Chenoweth on the occasion of her becoming an honorary doctor at UNCSA's commencement ceremonies (2009).
Kristin Chenoweth and John Mauceri perform "You'll Never Know" for the graduating class of 2009 at UNCSA's commencement.
John Mauceri and concertmaster Bruce Dukov (in 2006) with the original piano used in Warner Bros.' Casablanca.
John and Carol Channing (2003)
John with Carol Burnett and Patricia Morrison (2001)
(Dean) Ethan Stifel and Chancellor Mauceri with UNCSA alumna Gillian Murphy, Mary Mitchell Campbell and Nicole Fosse at the Mauceris' New York home (2009).
With Nina Bernstein (Simmons) and Jamie Bernstein (Tanglewood 2018)
w Christiana Amanpour at the Kennedy Center to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
w Carol Channing 2011
w Angela Lansbury in Los Angeles 2011
w Andrew Lloyd Webber in Barbados 2012
The Student Prince in Cologne June 2012
meeting future assistant and colleague Thiago Tiberio in Rio September 2012
w dance students in restored Nijinsky-Bakst restoration of Debussy's Jeux 2013
taking some kids to LA for a first professional gig June 2013
w Helen Korngold in 2013
Tim Burton autographs John's score 2013
Elfman's return to the stage Royal Albert Hall October 8, 2013
Prague w theater ushers ... Feeling very protected 2014
Turandot w Martina Serafin in Bilbao 2014
Sharing a Lifetime Achievement Award w Barbara Cook June 2014
w LuPone in Manhattan 2014
w Lin-Manuel Miranda after Hamilton March 2015 at the Public
w Larry Schoenberg June 2015
Tan Dun, Danny and Mauceri Lincoln Center 2015
w Alan Menken 2015
w Howard Shore and Danny Elfman. Lincoln Center July 2015
w Simon Rattle at Berlin's Philharmonie after he conducted my edition of Psycho on JM's 70th birthday
A bow in Paris 2015
Jack and Santa in Paris October 2015
returning to the old stomping grounds: Woolsey Hall and the Yale Symphony Feb 2016
w Jake Gyllenhall 2016
w Marin Alsop in New York March 2016
Carnegie Hall w the Yale Symphony Orchestra April 2016
w Austin Wintory NYC 2016
Hollywood Bowl October 2016
fun w Doctor Ruth New Years Eve 2016
w Renee Fleming, André Previn and Alan Gilbert February 2018
Tim Burton and Danny in Prague 2017
Just kidding. Saratoga 2017
w Zubin Mehta. Vienna 2017
Pretending at the Ball in 2018
Finding Rosalind Elias at the Met February 2018
w the Stanford Symphony for Elfman Violin Concerto March 2018
w Marilyn Horne 2018
w Ben Mankeiwicz taping a Bernstein weekend for Turner Classic Movies 2018
And yes, we made it snow!
Albert Hall Christmas 2018
After Mahler Five in Prague January 2019
Leonard Bernstein @100 tour w Isabel Leonard
Portrait for book jacket May 2019
with Elfman in Japan May 2019
Danny and John with Pierre Boulez in Paris 2019
Danny Elfman and Sandy Cameron: Paris September 2019
Dublin December 2019
Last seminar class at Yale. December 2019
Conducting the RSNO in Glasgow 2019
with Alan Cumming in Glasgow for The Nutcracker & the Mouse King (2019)
The original logo shot from 1943, replicated with Tommy Barnett and Jillian Rutledge (2011)
The original album cover recreated.
Howard Jones' restoration of Lemuel Ayers 1943 design for the finale of Oklahoma!
Final auditions for the chosen pair of lovers: Fletcher Opera grad, Kyle Guglielmo (Curly) and rising sophomore, Becca Moyes (Laurey), just before learning the good news!
with legendary dancer/choreographer and Agnes DeMille protégée, Gemze de Lappe, preparing for the restoration of the original production of Oklahoma!
Oklahoma
Gemze DeLappe teaches the Oklahoma! dream ballet (2011)
The final drop, restored under the direction of Howard Jones, seen here with Gerald Freedman and JM
Celeste Holm at UNCSA Oklahoma! gala, with theatre legend and dear friend Rosemary Harris. (2011)
Gemze de Lappe greets JM in UNCSA's costume shop (2011)
Celeste Holm on her 93rd birthday, at the UNCSA Oklahoma! performance with Chancellor John Mauceri and Charles Osborne (right) and Joan Roberts. Everyone sang "happy birthday" to the original Ado Annie.
Pickles Christmas 2010
UNCSA alum and violinist, Ricard Ruiz, JM, Carlise Floyd and UNCSA senior and composwer, Leo Hurley at the opera house in Bilbao after the premiere of Susannah.
Latonia Moore and cast in final scene of Susannah.
Carlisle Floyd and JM at premiere of Susannah, Bilbao, 2010.
Bilbao - 2010
Curtain call at dress rehearsal of Susannah. Cosmin Ifrim, JM, CF, Latonia Moore, James Morris, Stuart Skelton.
Reheasring Mahler's Resurrection Symphony in the Stevens Center, April, 2010
With Senator Kay Hagan in her Washington office.
UNCSA's Board of Trustees
A Donald Dietz portrait
Rehearsing Mahler with UNCSA Symphony Orchestra, Spring 2010
At Patti LuPone's book launch, with Jack O'Brien and Gerald Freedman (2010)
Mahler 2 in the Stevens Center
Mahlerian moment!
from A Fine Romance concert. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes with John. (Photo by Mitch Hanlon). We raised $1.5 million, the most ever at any of our five galas.
John with students from Winston-Salem State University and contralto Gwendolyn Brown at the Washington National Opera, 2010.
Sharing a joke with junior Leo Hurley and Dean Gerald Freedman, 2010
John with Tom Cruise & James Marsden with Katie Holmes in the background.
Performance of Mahler's symphony #2 "The Resurrection", by the Orchestra of the UNC School of the Arts, featuring the combined voices of Duke Chapel Choir and the Choral Society of Durham, under the direction of UNCSA Chancellor John Mauceri.
Performance of Mahler's symphony #2 "The Resurrection", by the Orchestra of the UNC School of the Arts, featuring the combined voices of Duke Chapel Choir and the Choral Society of Durham, under the direction of UNCSA Chancellor John Mauceri.
The cast and artistic direction of 2010 Motion Picture and Television Fund gala.
2020’s
Finale March 28, 2026
Bow March 28, 2026
March 28, 2026 with the Yale Symphony Orchestra
With Angel May 2026 Studio 54
JM with Sandy Cameron and Danny Elfman
With the London Symphony Orchestra
Birthday September 12, 2024
w/ Elfman and "Baby Spice" London 2024
Tokyo April 2025
Tokyo 2025
Paris December 2024
With manuscript of "Broadway in Black and White" - 2025
With Leslie Korngold and Kyrill Petrenko (Carnegie Hall 2024)
With Ramon van Engelenhoven (Paris 2024)
Covid strikes (2020)
Leslie Korngold and my new book (2022)
With Phoebe Bridgers (London 2023)
With Todd Field at the 95th Academy Awards (celebrating Tár 2023)
With John McWhorter and Michael Gildin working on Blues Opera (2021)
With Michael Gildin and NY Phil archivist Gabryel Smith (Blues Opera research (2023)
When you’re a Tony nominator (2022-23 season)
With members of the Yale Symphony (2023)
With John McWhorter and Angel Blue backstage at Carnegie Hall (2023)
With Alan Silvestri (2023)
With Jon Batiste (2023)
With Franz Waxman’s son, John (2023)
With Alexander and Jamie Bernstein (2023)
With Tim Burton and Danny Elfman at Royal Albert Hall (2023)
With Adam Guettel (2023)
With Leslie Korngold in Carnegie Hall (2024)
With Robert Picardo (2024)
With Danny Elfman and “Baby Spice” (Emma Bunton) – Wembley—London (2024)
Notre-Dame de Paris re-opening week 2024
With Danny Elfman in Tokyo (2025)
With Saito Perdreau Alexandre and the Tokyo Philharmonic (2025)
Royal Albert Hall - 2023
Royal Albert Hall - 2023
Royal Albert Hall - 2023
with Tim Burton and Danny Elfman, London, 2023
"I am aaaaalllll the music!" —T. Tiberio
Lightning design by @KirkyTirky
Royal Albert Hall - 2023
Elfman, Bridgers and JM 2023 London
Royal Albert Hall - 2023
w Joel Grey (90 years old!) at Joe Allen's July 2022
w Melissa Errico and Christine Andres August 2022
Books in translation: Maestros and Their Music in Russian and Chinese
Merry Christmas 2020. Ho-Ho-Ho
2021. Happy New Year!
Blues Opera team: With John McWhorter and Michael Gildin June 2021
With Angel Blue October 2021 after recording some Blues Opera for a New York Times podcast
Withe Billie Eilish, Halloween 2021 (and Jack)
John at his 55th Yale reunion with Handsome Dan. Can you tell who's who? 2022
