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He secured a top post at the Vienna State Opera in 1943, eventually becoming music director. On the occasion of the 80th birthday of Richard Strauss, on 11 June 1944, he conducted the Vienna State Opera performance of Ariadne auf Naxos. After World War II
May 23, 2018 · From 1931 to 1933 Böhm held the post of Generalmusikdirektor of the Hamburg Opera; from 1934 to 1943 he was music director of the Dresden State Opera, where he gave the first performances of Die Schweigsame Frau (June 24, 1935) and Daphne (Oct. 15, 1938), which Strauss dedicated to him.
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Apr 17, 2024 · Karl Böhm (born Aug. 28, 1894, Graz, Austria—died Aug. 14, 1981, Salzburg) was an Austrian conductor who earned an international reputation for his concert performances and recordings of Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, W.A. Mozart, and other composers.
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After leaving Dresden for Vienna, Böhm served two terms as music director of the Wiener Staatsoper in 1943-45 and 1954-56. Böhm’s dedicated relationship with the Nazi Party remains a controversial one and following the conclusion of World War Two in 1945 the Soviet Russian authorities prohibited him from undertaking employment of any kind ...
His collaboration with the remarkable maestro served as a substitute for formal conservatory training, and the experience he gained allowed him to become a conductor and musical director at the Darmstadt Opera.
Six years later he was appointed as chief musical director in Darmstadt, and then from 1931 to 1934 he worked at the Hamburg opera company. In 1933, Böhm conducted in Vienna for the first time, in Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde.
Böhm was to become as famous for his interpretations of Berg’s two operas as he was for his Wagner performances. In 1931 he moved to Hamburg, again as chief conductor at the opera, succeeding Egon Pollak.
