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Oct 9, 1994 · The composer repaid the conductor’s unwavering constancy in numerous ways. Bohm conducted the world premiere of two Strauss operas--”Die Schweigsame Frau” in 1935 and “Daphne” in 1938.
In 1934, he succeeded Fritz Busch, who had gone into exile, as head of Dresden's Semper Opera remaining there until 1942. This was an important period for him, in which he conducted the first performances of works by Richard Strauss : Die schweigsame Frau (1935) and Daphne (1938), which is dedicated to him. [ 2 ]
Aug 20, 1981 · August 20, 1981. The late Dr. Karl Bohm was the last of an era of German conductors who dominated music for nearly 40 years. Bohm was mentioned in the same breath as Wilhelm Furtwangler,...
As general music director at Dresden, Böhm had seized the opportunity to succeed Fritz Busch. Although not Jewish, Busch was ardently opposed to Nazi ideology, and had been subject to a hostile and humiliating dismissal from his Dresden post, considered politically unsuitable by Hitler’s National Socialists.
Aug 24, 2024 · Böhm came under public criticism for taking the Dresden position because he had replaced Fritz Busch, who had been forced to resign by the Nazis; Böhm replaced Bruno Walter at Salzburg in 1938 under similar circumstances. After conducting at Dresden until 1943, Böhm directed the State Opera in Vienna from 1943 to 1945 and again from 1954 to ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
During the years 1934-43 Böhm conducted almost seven hundred opera performances, a period considered to be a golden age for Dresden by many musical historians although one unshakeably linked to the rule of Hitler’s Third Reich, from which Böhm significantly benefited.
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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.
