Franz Ritter von Jauner (14 November 1831, in

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

– 23 February 1900, in Vienna) was an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

and

opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

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. He was the subject of a 1940 biographical film '' Operetta'' in which he was played by Willi Forst.

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* Austrian opera managers Conductors (music) from Austria-Hungary Austrian male conductors (music) General Directors of the Vienna State Opera Music directors of the Vienna State Opera Musicians from Vienna 1831 births 1900 deaths 19th-century Austrian conductors (music) 1900 suicides 19th-century Austrian male musicians {{Opera-bio-stub