Berislav Klobučar
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Berislav Klobučar (28 August 1924 – 13 June 2014) was a Croatian opera conductor. He conducted the Vienna State Opera for more than four decades, and guest conductor at the Bayreuth Festival.[1]
Biography
Born in Zagreb on 28 August 1924, Klobučar was a student of conductor Lovro von Matačić. He started his career with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. He conducted the Graz Opera in Austria, the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, Sweden, La Scala in Milan, Italy, the Orchestre philharmonique de Nice and the Opéra de Nice in France, and guest conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, United States. [2] During his forty-year tenure at the Vienna State Opera that began in 1952, he conducted 53 operas in 1,133 performances.[citation needed]
Death
Berislav Klobučar died in Vienna, Austria on 13 June 2014 at the age of 89.[citation needed]
Bayreuth Festival
Klobučar was conductor at the Bayreuth Festival in 1964 and 1967-69.[3]
- 1964: Der Ring des Nibelungen
- 1967: Tannhäuser and Lohengrin
- 1968: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Tristan und Isolde
- 1969: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
References
- ^ "Dirigent Klobucar im Alter von 89 Jahren gestorben". Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Zubrinic, Darko. "Croatian classical music". www.croatianhistory.net. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Bayreuther Festspiele". www.bayreuther-festspiele.de. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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