Friedemann Layer (30 October 1941 – 3 November 2019)
was an Austrian conductor. He was assistant to
Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan (; born ''Heribert Adolf Ernst Karajan''; 5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years. During the Nazi era, he debuted at the Salzburg Festival, ...
in Ulm and to
Karl Böhm
Karl August Leopold Böhm (28 August 1894 – 14 August 1981) was an Austrian conductor. He was best known for his performances of the music of Mozart, Wagner, and Richard Strauss.
Life and career
Education
Karl Böhm was born in Graz, St ...
.
In 1989, he conducted a film version of ''Der Schauspieldirektor'', with
Zdzisława Donat and
Christian Boesch in the cast.
Layer was chief conductor of the
Opéra national de Montpellier
The Opéra national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon () is an opera company located in the Place de la Comédie in Montpellier, France.
The company was established in 1755 and was granted the status of "National Opera" in 2002 by the Minister ...
from 1994 to 2007.
Selected discography
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Henze - Symphony No 10; 4 Poemi; La Selva Incantata. Montpellier National Orchestra
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Mieczysław Karłowicz
Mieczysław Karłowicz (, 11 December 18768 February 1909) was a Polish composer and conductor.
Life
Mieczysław Karłowicz was born in Vishneva, in the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire (now in Belarus) into a noble family belonging to ...
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon National Orchestra
*
Alfano
Alfano is a village and small ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. As of December 31, 2012, the comune had a population of 1082.
History
There is little reliable evidence on the ancient history of A ...
- ''
Risurrezione'' Accord
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Offenbach - ''
Die Rheinnixen'' Accord
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Respighi - ''
La campana sommersa'' Accord
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Lidarti - ''Esther''
oratorio
An oratorio () is a musical composition with dramatic or narrative text for choir, soloists and orchestra or other ensemble.
Similar to opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguisha ...
in Hebrew. Accord.
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Ponchielli
Amilcare Ponchielli (, ; 31 August 1834 – 16 January 1886) was an Italian opera composer, best known for his opera ''La Gioconda''. He was married to the soprano Teresina Brambilla.
Life and work
Born in Paderno Fasolaro (now Paderno Ponchi ...
- ''
Marion Delorme'' Accord
*
Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály (, ; , ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education.
...
- ''
Háry János'' sung in Hungarian, with French narration by
Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor. An icon of French cinema, considered a world star in the same way as Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot, he has completed over 250 films since 1967, most of which as ...
. Accord
*
Cilea Cilea or CILEA may refer to:
* Consorzio Interuniversitario Lombardo per l'Elaborazione Automatica, academic consortium in Italy
* Francesco Cilea
Francesco Cilea (; 23 July 1866 – 20 November 1950) was an Italian composer. Today he is part ...
- ''
L'arlesiana
() is an opera in three acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Leopoldo Marenco. It was originally written in four acts, and was first performed on 27 November 1897 at the Teatro Lirico in Milan. It was revised as a three-act opera ...
'' Accord
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Antoine Mariotte
Antoine Mariotte (22 December 187530 November 1944) was a French composer, conductor and music administrator.
Biography
Mariotte was born in Avignon (Vaucluse) in 1875. After studies at the School of Saint-Michel in Saint-Étienne, he entered n ...
- ''
Salomé'' Accord
References
1941 births
2019 deaths
Austrian male conductors (music)
21st-century Austrian conductors (music)
21st-century Austrian male musicians
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