The Resume

(April 6, 1929-February 28, 2019)
Raised in the U.S.
Has conducted the Houston Symphony, London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestras
Conducted the scores for 'Kiss Me Kate (1953),' 'Kismet (1955),' 'Gigi (1958),' 'Porgy and Bess (1959),' 'My Fair Lady (1964),' 'Jesus Christ Superstar (1973),' 'Rollerball (1975)' and 'The Elephant Man (1980)'
Wrote music for 'Elmer Gantry (1960),' 'Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962),' 'Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967),' 'Valley of the Dolls (1967)' and 'Paint Your Wagon (1969)'
Ex-husband of Mia Farrow
Adoptive father of Soon-Yi Allen
Knighted (1996)

Why he might be annoying:

He is a known womanizer.
He has been married five times.
He dumped his fourth wife even though they had a 1-year-old child at the time.
He then married the violinist Anna-Sophie Mutter, a woman nearly half his age.
He physically attacked 'Stuttering' John Melendez and called him a 'bloody fool.'
He and Mia Farrow named two of their children 'Lark Song' and 'Summer Song.'
He gave up film music for the concert hall, but nobody pays much attention to him anymore.

Why he might not be annoying:

He had to watch as Woody Allen became sexually involved first with his ex-wife, then with his daughter.
He and Mia Farrow still have a good relationship.
He performed at James Taylor's wedding.
He's had to endure embarrassing questions about Woody Allen for a long, long time.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Andy Williams Show Guests [1962-71]
• Ant Eaters/Pinocchios [Big Noses]
• BBC Radio 4’s Saddest Classical Works [2004] (Ranked: 1)
• Born in Berlin, Germany
• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• David Lynch Films
• Film Composers
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (Ranked: 2010)
• I Adopted a Child
• I am an Adulterer
• I Attended Beverly Hills High School
• I Died in 2019 (Ranked: 89)
• I Gave My Kid a Ridiculous Name
• I Hit Stuttering John
• I Married at Least Five Times [I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do!]
• I Married in 2002
• I Performed in Leonard Bernstein’s 60th Birthday Concert [August 25, 1978]
• I Probably Banged Mia Farrow
• I Recorded ‘I Don’t Know How to Love Him’ (from ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’)
• I Recorded 'Summertime'
• Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 1998)
• Knights
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Parents of Twins
• Porgy and Bess [1959]
• Profiles 12001-12250 (Ranked: 12041)
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]
• Valley of the Dolls [1967]
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 3]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 27 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 104 Votes: 54.81% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 52 Votes: 59.62% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 34 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 48 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 70 Votes: 62.86% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 56 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 106 Votes: 68.87% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 113 Votes: 68.14% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 209 Votes: 69.38% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 90 Votes: 63.33% Annoying