Rudolf Moralt
Rudolf Moralt (born February 26, 1902 in Munich , † December 16, 1958 in Vienna ) was a German conductor . He was known for his Mozart interpretations at the Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival and belonged to the Moralt family of artists .
life and work
Moralt was a nephew of Richard Strauss . After graduating from high school in 1920, he studied at the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich with Walter Courvoisier and August Schmid-Lindner and at the age of 17 was hired as a répétiteur at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, where he worked under Bruno Walter and Hans Knappertsbusch until 1923 .
From 1923 to 1928 Moralt was engaged as a conductor in Kaiserslautern , from 1932 to 1934 he was musical director of the Brno Opera . Then he worked in Braunschweig and Graz . In 1937 he made his debut at the Vienna State Opera, whose chief conductor he became in 1940 and remained until his death.
Moralt is described as a reliable, sensitive and personable conductor who was responsible for the high quality of the Viennese repertoire performances. In the hard war and post-war years he tirelessly took care of the house, the orchestra and the singers. In addition to Josef Krips and Karl Böhm , he conducted the famous Vienna Mozart Ensemble of the post-war years, but was also able to work on exemplary performances of Wagner , Strauss and Pfitzner operas.
In 1952, he conducted Die Zauberflöte and Le nozze di Figaro at the Salzburg Festival . Moralt has also made guest appearances in several cities in Europe and South America. His best complete recordings include the Ring of the Nibelung , an excellent Don Giovanni and a much-praised Salome . A recording of Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as Konstanze (1945) and excerpts from Arabella with Lisa della Casa in the title role (1953) also attracted particular attention .
He was buried at the Heiligenstädter Friedhof (A-TO-1) in Vienna.
swell
- Grove Music Online , Gerhard Brunner, May 2008.
Web links
- Sound carrier by Rudolf Moralt in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Annual report on the Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1919/20.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moralt, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1958 |
| Place of death | Vienna |