Rudolf Bibl (conductor)

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Rudolf Bibl (born May 4, 1929 in Vienna ; † January 27, 2017 in Frontignan , France) was an Austrian conductor and pianist .

Life

Rudolf Bibl studied piano, clarinet and composition parallel to attending a grammar school at the Vienna Music Academy and attended Hans Swarowsky's conducting class . From 1948 he was a répétiteur at the Graz Opera , in 1952 he moved to Innsbruck as Kapellmeister and then returned to Graz as the first operetta conductor . From 1960 he worked at the Raimund Theater in Vienna and at the Theater an der Wien . From 1969 to 1973 he was music director in Trier , from where he made guest appearances in France and Luxembourg.

From 1973 he was conductor at the Vienna Volksoper , where he led over 2,200 performances, including the bird dealer , The Merry Widow , Die Csárdásfürstin and Die Fledermaus . From 1995 to 2008 he was musical director of the Mörbisch Seefestspiele , for which he put together his own orchestra with the Burgenland Symphony Orchestra, consisting of students from the Joseph Haydn Conservatory of the Province of Burgenland .

Foreign guest appearances and concert tours have taken him to Japan, Italy, Germany and France, for example to the Berlin State Opera and the Opéra Bastille in Paris. From 1999 to 2003 he conducted Die Fledermaus and The Merry Widow at the Vienna State Opera .

Bibl remained closely associated with the Vienna Volksoper until the end. In May 2016 he conducted three performances of Kálmáns Csárdásfürstin as part of a guest performance in Tokyo , his last conducting was a performance of Die Fledermaus on January 1, 2017. According to information from the house, he conducted 2,273 performances at the Vienna Volksoper.

Rudolf Bibl was the grandson of the composer and organist of the same name (1832–1902) and nephew of the historian Viktor Bibl .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry on Rudolf Bibl (conductor) in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
  2. ^ Conductor Rudolf Bibl died at the age of 87 . APA report on DerStandard.at , January 28, 2017, accessed on January 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b c Prof. Rudolf Bibl: Professor Rudolf Bibl has passed away . ( Memento from December 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Volksoper Wien , accessed on January 31, 2017.
  4. ^ A b Elena Habermann: Vienna / Volksoper: Die Fledermaus - Festival performance for the 85th birthday of Professor Rudolf Bibl . Der neue Merker , May 14, 2014, accessed on January 31, 2017.
  5. ↑ Rudolf BIBLS performances at the Vienna State Opera
  6. ↑ Professor Rudolf Bibl has passed away. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
  7. ↑ a b List of the bearers of the badge of honor for services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  8. ^ Decoration of honor for Rudolf Bibl and Rolf Langenfass . Article from the Burgenländische Volkszeitung in the Österreich Journal, September 29, 2004, accessed on January 31, 2017.
  9. ^ Rudolf Bibl first honorary member of Mörbisch . Kleine Zeitung July 12, 2013, accessed January 31, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Bibl, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian conductor and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 2017
Place of death Frontignan , France