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Julius Rudel (born March 6, 1921 in Vienna - † June 26, 2014 in New York City ) was an American conductor of Austrian origin who was artistic director of the New York City Opera from 1957 to 1979 .
biography
Julius Rudel began his musical education at the Musikhochschule Wien , after the annexation of Austria in 1938 his family emigrated with him to the United States, where he continued his studies at the Mannes College of Music in New York.
In 1943 he became choir director at the New York City Opera and gave the following year there as a conductor with The Gypsy Baron by Johann Strauss made his debut. He was the artistic director of the theater from 1957 to 1979. He studied a wide repertoire there, from Claudio Monteverdi to Leoš Janáček .
At the same time he was artistic director of the Caramoor Festival in New York State from 1962 to 1976 and first music director of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC
Rudel died at his Manhattan home in June 2014 at the age of 93 .
Honors
Discography (selection)
- Carlisle Floyd : The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair ( Patricia Neway , Norman Treigle ; 1963 ) [live] VAI
- Georg Friedrich Händel : Giulio Cesare ( Beverly Sills , Beverly Wolff , Maureen Forrester , Treigle; 1967) RCA Records
- Alberto Ginastera : Bomarzo ( Salvador Novoa ; 1967 ) CBS Records
- Jules Massenet : Manon (Sills, Nicolai Gedda , Gérard Souzay , Gabriel Bacquier ; 1970 ) Westminster
- Gaetano Donizetti : Roberto Devereux (Sills, Marsee, Domingo , Quilico; 1970) HRE
- Jacques Offenbach : Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Sills, Susanne Marsee , Stuart Burrows , Treigle; 1972 ) Westminster
- Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena (Sills, Shirley Verrett , Burrows, Paul Plishka ; 1972) Westminster
- Vincenzo Bellini : I puritani (Sills, Gedda, Louis Quilico , Plishka; 1973 ) Westminster
- Arrigo Boito : Mefistofele ( Montserrat Caballé , Plácido Domingo , Treigle; 1973) EMI
- Jules Massenet: Thaïs ( Anna Moffo , José Carreras , Bacquier, Justino Díaz ; 1974 ) RCA
- Gustave Charpentier : Louise (Sills, Gedda, José van Dam ; 1977 ) EMI
- Franz Lehár : The Merry Widow (Beverly Sills, Henry Price , Alan Titus , New York City Opera; 1978 ) EMI - Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording 1979
- Jules Massenet: Cendrillon ( Ruth Welting , Frederica von Stade , Gedda; 1978) CBS
- Giuseppe Verdi : Rigoletto (Sills, Alfredo Kraus , Sherrill Milnes , Samuel Ramey ; 1978) EMI
- Kurt Weill : Der Silbersee ( Joel Gray ; 1980 ) Nonesuch Records
Web links
- Sound carriers by Julius Rudel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Julius Rudel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bruce Duffie: Interview with Julius Rudel , November 1, 1982 (published in the "Massenet Newsletter" July 1983)
- National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honors, 2009: Julius Rudel ( memento from October 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on nea.gov/honors
- Biography of the pack on Buffalo Philharmonic's website ( memento from July 29, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) at buffalo.edu
- John Stevenson: Artist Biography Julius Rudel on Allmusic (English)
- Interviews with Julius Rudel in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert D. McFadden: Julius Rudel, Longtime City Opera Impresario, Dies at 93. Obituary in The New York Times, June 26, 2014 (accessed June 27, 2014).
- ↑ Maestro Julius Rudel honored at the Theater an der Wien
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pack, Julius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American conductor and pianist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria |
DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 2014 |
Place of death | New York City |