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1885–1973 German conductor On Mahler’s recommendation, Klemperer was appointed chorus-master at the German opera house in Prague in 1907. Subsequent conducting posts included Hamburg, Strasbourg and Cologne. He was music director of the Kroll Opera, Berlin 1927–31. He emigrated to the US where he became conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 1933–39. He was at the Budapest ...

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the offer to succeed Karajan at Berlin, his reputation stands as one of the very greatest conductors of the twentieth century. Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | Otto Klemperer | Contemporary | Classical ...

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1930–66 German tenor In a career lasting little more than a decade, Wunderlich established himself as Germany’s leading lyric tenor. After his Stuttgart Opera debut in 1955, he was spotted by conductor Karl Böhm, under whom he later recorded Mozart (Tamino in The Magic Flute), Strauss and Berg (Andres in Wozzeck). His other records included Schubert’s Die schöne ...

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simply must revel in this sonority for a little while.’ Recommended Recording: Das Lied von der Erde, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, (New) Philharmonia Orchestra (cond) Otto Klemperer (EMI/Warner) Gustav Mahler: Works Symphonies: No. 1 in D (1888); No. 2 in c–E flat (‘Resurrection’) with solo soprano and contralto and mixed chorus (1894); No. 3 in d–D with ...

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1939–1993 Slovak-Austrian soprano Popp was invited by Karajan to the Vienna State Opera shortly after making her debut in Bratislava in 1963 singing Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute), a role she later took to the Metropolitan Opera and recorded under Klemperer. Over two decades, she moved from light coloratura to lyric soprano, eventually taking on heavier dramatic ...

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by entrepreneur Josef Kroll, the theatre, with its large stage and fine acoustics, became the centrepiece for new music and production values that embraced modernity. When Otto Klemperer was appointed musical director, he approached the project as a personal mission. Making all the important artistic decisions, he mounted both old and new works that eschewed a ...