Fritz Stiedry
Fritz Stiedry (born October 11, 1883 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died August 8, 1968 in Zurich ) was an Austrian-American conductor .
Life
Stiedry owes his switch to music to Gustav Mahler , who recognized his abilities when Stiedry was still studying law at the University of Vienna . Stiedry initially graduated with a Dr. iur. from.
In 1907, Mahler appointed him his assistant at the Vienna Court Opera . This led to a number of other assistant positions and ultimately Stiedry became chief conductor in Kassel and Berlin ( Deutsches Opernhaus / Deutsche Oper Berlin ).
1933 emigrated Stiedry after the seizure of power by the Nazis in Germany. Stiedry became chief conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic , but left the Soviet Union in 1937 to emigrate to New York. Works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Joseph Haydn were performed there under the direction of Stiedry , which until then had rarely been performed in the USA. In 1940 he conducted the world premiere of Arnold Schönberg's 2nd Chamber Symphony in New York ; The first and fourth Brandenburg Concerts by Bach were also on the program . From 1945 he turned back to opera and worked at both the Chicago Opera House and the Metropolitan Opera in New York .
Fritz Stiedry wrote chamber music and also emerged as a writer.
Posthumous opera
- The rescued Alcibiades
Web links
- Media from and about Fritz Stiedry in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography on allmusic.com (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stiedry, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-American conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1968 |
| Place of death | Zurich |