Musical director, Berlin Staatsoper Unter der LindenNew production of Mozart’s Così Fan TutteConducted Staatskapelle Orchestra Last performance of Kroll Opera in BerlinKlemperer given leave of absence after filing legal suit over closure of KrollSpent May-October conducting at Theatro Colón, Buenos Aires 8Composed an Ave Maria and a Pater Noster 41ĭirector, Berlin State OperaGeneral musical director, Staatsoper am Platz der Republik (known as the Kroll Opera)Directed works by Stravinsky, Hindemith, Krenek, and SchoenbergConducted no fewer than ten symphony orchestra concerts each year with Berlin StaatskapelleĬonducted orchestras in Hamburg, Breslau, Rome, and, for first time, in ParisConducting debut in London with Bruckner’s Symphony no. Musical director, Wiesbaden Opera (almost every opera performance was a new production or revival)Debuted with Beethoven’s FidelioConducted several concerts with Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraĬonducted in RussiaDebuted in Moscow and LeningradĬonducted New York Symphony OrchestraGave first American performance of Hindemith's Concert Music for Wind Orchestra, op.
Rejected directorship of Deutsches Opernhaus, BerlinMother Ida Klemperer diedFirst public performance of his Mass in CIn November, daughter Lotte bornįather Nathan Klemperer died and buried in Cologne’s Jewish cemetery alongside his wife Received instruction from a Jesuit priest, and subsequently converted to CatholicismIn spring, began composing a massIn June, married soprano Johanna GeisslerĬonducted in Vienna and BarcelonaConducted Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht and Pelleas und Melisande, and Mahler’s Symphony No. Musical director of Cologne OperaDebuted with Mozart’s Figaro 2Met Gustav Mahler for first time during rehearsalĮngaged as chorus master and deputy director for Max Reinhardt’s production of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld at the Neues Theater, BerlinBerlin debut as conductor after second performanceĬhorus master and assistant conductor, Deutsches Landestheater, Prague (upon recommendation of Gustav Mahler)Conducting debut with von Weber’s Der FreischützĪssistant conductor, Hamburg StadttheaterConducting debut with Wagner’s LohengrinĮntered clinic at Königstein to treat depressionDiagnosed as manic-depressiveĬonducted Der Ring des Nibelungen for first timeīecame first conductor of opera at BarmenConducting debut with Wagner’s Tannhäuserĭeputy musical director under Hans Pfitzner, Strasbourg Stadttheater Opened with revival of Beethoven’s Fidelioĭuring manic periods, composed numerous compositionsConducted farewell concert in Strasbourg which included some of own works Moved to Frankfurt to study piano with Dutch pianist James Kwast theory with Ivan Knorr and violin at the Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt am MainĬontinued piano studies with Kwast and theory with Philipp Schwarwenka at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory, Berlinįollowed Kwast to the Stern Conservatory, Berlin to continue piano studiesBegan conducting and composition studies under Hans PfitznerConducted the off-stage orchestra for Mahler’s Symphony no. Moved to Hamburg with father, mother, older sister Regina (Regi), and younger sister Marianneīegan piano lessons with Havekoss after having been taught by mother
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The archive also contains production and resource materials, including scripts, interviews, background materials, and photographs, that Philo Bregstein used in making a documentary film about Klemperer's life and work.Įnglish, German, and a small amount in Dutchīorn, Breslau, Germany, to Nathan and Ida Rée Klemperer
It contains manuscript and printed music, correspondence, family papers, writings by and about Klemperer, interviews, legal and financial documents, clippings, programs, photographic materials, materials related to the Kroll Opera, and books annotated by Klemperer and his daughter Lotte. The archive documents Otto Klemperer's life and career. Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress 2005Ĭonductor and composer. Organization of the Otto Klemperer Archive