Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor, 1905)
Kurt Herbert Adler , also Kurt Adler , (born April 2, 1905 in Vienna , † February 9, 1988 in Ross , California ) was an Austrian-American conductor.
Life
Kurt Adler was the son of Ida Bauer and Ernst Adler. He was Otto Bauer's nephew and Adolph von Sonnenthal's great-nephew . After attending school and university in Vienna, he was Kapellmeister at the Theater in der Josefstadt Vienna from 1925 to 1928 , before working as an opera and concert conductor a . a. worked at the Salzburg Festival . After the “Anschluss” of Austria in 1938, he fled to the USA , where he was employed by the Chicago Opera Company. From 1943 he headed the choir, since 1953 the house of the San Francisco Opera , succeeding Gaetano Merola .
In 1961 he was awarded the Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . His son Ronald H. Adler worked from 2001 on the board of directors of the Bavarian State Opera , from 2008 to 2011 as opera director and acting director of the Berlin State Opera and since 2014 as artistic advisor on the board of directors of the Semperoper in Dresden.
literature
- Walter Habel: Who is who? Volume 1 (West), Berlin 1967, p. 7.
- Andrea Harrandt: Adler, Kurt Herbert. In: Austrian Music Lexicon Online. May 25, 2001, Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
Web links
- Kurt Herbert Adler in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adler, Kurt Herbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adler, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-American conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1988 |
| Place of death | Ross , California |