Victor Reinshagen
Victor Reinshagen (born May 22, 1908 in Riga , Latvia ; † November 14, 1992 in Zurich , Switzerland ) was a Swiss conductor and composer .
Live and act
Victor Reinshagen came to Zurich at the age of six and attended school and the music academy there . He then studied in Berlin at the University of Music and Performing Arts .
In 1927 he became choir director and second conductor at the Städtebundtheater Biel-Solothurn . In 1928 he conducted the opera The Flying Dutchman as a guest at the Stadttheater / Opernhaus Zürich ; In 1929 he became a conductor there. From 1942 to 1955 he was the chief conductor; In 1973 he retired.
Important conductors included Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin (1945, German-language premiere), Niobe by Heinrich Sutermeister (1946, world premiere), The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky (1951, German-language premiere), Cardillac by Paul Hindemith (1952, world premiere of New version), The adventures of the king Pausole by Arthur Honegger (1953, Swiss premiere) and The late atonement by Armin Schibler based on the ballad Feet in Fire (1955, world premiere).
Victor Reinshagen conducted as a guest from 1935 to 1938 and from 1950 the Beromünster Radio Orchestra , from 1950 at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and from 1963 to 1968 at the Opéra de Marseille . From 1968 to 1973 he was director of the artistic office of the Hamburg State Opera .
Works
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Grete in luck. Operetta in a prelude and nine pictures. Libretto by Armin L. Robinson . Musikverlag und Bühnenvertrieb Zürich, Zürich 1937. First performance on November 7th, 1936 at the Stadttheater Zürich , directed by Carl Goldner .
In 1941 Hermann Hermecke published an "aryanizing" arrangement under the title Princess Grete , which was premiered on December 31, 1943 at the "Reichsgautheater Innsbruck" (then the name of the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck ). - Dance around daisy. Operetta in three acts and nine pictures. Libretto by Paul Knepler based on André Perrot. Music publishing and stage sales Zurich, Zurich 1939. First performance on December 31, 1938 at the Stadttheater Zurich, director: Walter Felsenstein .
- The beloved thief. Operetta in 3 acts. Libretto by Willy Harder. Music publishing and stage sales Zurich, Zurich 1940. First performance on April 29, 1940 at the Stadttheater Zurich, director: Fritz Schulz.
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 8: Poethen-Schlueter. de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-25038-5 , p. 302 ( Google books ).
Web links
- Works by Victor Reinshagen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ingrid Bigler-Marschall: Victor Reinshagen . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1476 f.
- Victor Reinshagen in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of stage works by Armin Schibler based on the MGG in Operone
- ↑ Grete in luck in Google books
- ↑ Princess Grete on vifamusik.de
- ↑ Hermecke, Hermann. In: Wilhelm Kosch : German Literature Lexicon. Volume 17: Henze – Hiesel. de Gruyter, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023693-4 , p. 163 f. ( Google books ).
- ↑ Manfred Schneider: Summary 1943 - Reichsgautheater Innsbruck on arge-ns-zeit.musikland-tirol.at
- ↑ Tanz um Daisy in Google books
- ↑ The Beloved Thief in Google books
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reinshagen, Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga , Latvia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 14, 1992 |
| Place of death | Zurich , Switzerland |