Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - La fille mal gardee: Act I - Clog Dance

Böhm Karl (b. 28 VIII 1894, Graz) - Austrian conductor. Got legal. education. He studied music in Vienna with E. Mandichevsky (1913). In 1917 he made his debut as a conductor in Gore. Theater in Graz. He worked in the opera houses of Munich (since 1921), Darmstadt (since 1927 the general director of music), Hamburg (since 1931). In 1934-1943 hands. Dresden state Opera, where he conducted the first post. R. Strauss's operas Silent Woman (1935) and Daphne (1938, dedicated to V. ). Headed the Vienna state. opera (1943-45 and 1954-56), German. Seasons at the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires (1950-53); Conducted at the Metropolitan Opera Theater (New York, 1957). He acted as a guest performer with many others. outstanding orchestras, participated in the Salzburg (for the first time in 1938), Bayreuth (1962) festivals. In 1971 he participated in a tour of the Vienna State Opera in Moscow,with whose team actively cooperates with the 2nd floor. 1960s B. is one of the outstanding interpreters of opera by V. A. Mozart, R. Strauss, and R. Wagner. The author of chamber music and songs. Lit. cit . : Begegnung mit Richard Strauss, W. - Münch. , 1964.