Francis Charles Coppicus
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Francis Charles Coppicus (9 March 1880 - 8 June 1966) was the general secretary of the Metropolitan Opera. He was the manager for Enrico Caruso, Feodor Chaliapin, and Maria Jeritza.
Biography
He was born on 9 March 1880 in Neheim, Germany.
On 8 May 1909 he married Maybelle Louise Hogan in Manhattan.
On March 16, 1915 he became a citizen of the United States.{{cite web |title=Passport application for Francis Charles Coppicus |date=April 22, 1915 |publisher=United States Department of State }}
In 1916 he founded the Metropolitan Music Bureau. In 1930 six small concert bureaus merged into Columbia Artists Management.
He died on 8 June 1966 in Mill Valley, California.{{cite news |title=Francis Coppicus, Stars' Agent, Dies. Left Met to Manage Singers Formed Columbia Bureau |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B04E3D6123DE43BBC4153DFB066838D679EDE |newspaper=New York Times |date=June 9, 1966 |access-date=2015-01-12 }}
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Category:Metropolitan Opera people
Category:Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States