Bertil Wetzelsberger
Bertil Wetzelsberger (born May 7, 1892 in Ried im Innkreis , † November 28, 1967 in Stuttgart ) was an Austrian conductor and artistic director.
Wetzelsberger worked primarily in Germany as a conductor, general music director and artistic director at theaters in Stuttgart , Frankfurt am Main , Munich and Nuremberg .
He was an expert in contemporary music and has conducted several world premieres of Carl Orff's works , including his Carmina Burana .
His grave is in the Pragfriedhof Stuttgart .
Web links
- Sound carrier by Bertil Wetzelsberger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bertil Wetzelsberger in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- First the noise, then the applause. Orff premiere without Orff in: Der Spiegel, June 25, 21, 1947
- Letters from Bertil Wetzelsberger to Else Liebreich
Ferdinand Wagner (1923–1925) | Bertil Wetzelsberger (1925–1938) | Alfons Dressel (1938–1946) | Rolf Agop (1946–1948) | Alfons Dressel (1948–1955) | Erich Riede (1956–1964) | Hans Gierster (1965–1988) | Christian Thielemann (1988–1992) | Eberhard Kloke (1993–1998) | Philippe Auguin (1998-2005) | Christof Prick (2006–2011) | Marcus Bosch (2011–2018) | Joana Mallwitz (since 2018)
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| SURNAME | Wetzelsberger, Bertil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian conductor and artistic director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ried im Innkreis |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1967 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |