Carl Melles (born Melles Károly; 15 July 1926 – 25 April 2004) was an Austrian orchestral conductor of Hungarian descent.
Personal life
He married Hungarian noblewoman Judith
von Rohonczy (1929–2001), daughter of an actress,
Ila Lóth
Ila Lóth, born: ''Mária Rónai'' (28 May 1900 – 21 September 1975) was a Hungarian film actress.
Biography
She appeared in 27 films between 1918 and 1973. She was born in Budapest, Hungary (Austria-Hungary) and died in Budapest. In 192 ...
. They are parents of an actress
Sunnyi Melles
Princess Sunnyi of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (née Melles, born 7 October 1958) is a Swiss- Hungarian actress active in Germany and Austria.
Biography
She is the only daughter of Austrian orchestral conductor Carl Melles and Hungarian noblewoma ...
, who is married to Prince Peter zu
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn was a county of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, comprising the lands of the region of Sayn. It was created as a partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein in 1607, although it was not until the next year that it obtained fully the C ...
.
Work
He conducted Wagner's ''
Tannhauser'' at the 1966 Bayreuth Festival.
Sources
* Howell, Christopher
"Forgotten Artists. An occasional series by Christopher Howell. 23. Carl Melles (1926–2004)"''MusicWeb International'' July 2017.
1926 births
2004 deaths
Musicians from Budapest
Austrian people of Hungarian descent
Hungarian male conductors (music)
20th-century Austrian conductors (music)
20th-century Austrian male musicians
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