Paul Breisach (June 3, 1896 – December 26, 1952) 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 ...
n-born conductor. He was a pupil of
Heinrich Schenker
Heinrich Schenker (19 June 1868 – 14 January 1935) was an Austrian music theory, music theorist #Theoretical writings, whose writings have had a profound influence on subsequent musical analysis. His approach, now termed Schenkerian analysis ...
in Vienna from October 1913 for several years. ''
New Grove 2'' reports that he was a conductor at the
Deutsche Oper Berlin
The Deutsche Oper Berlin is a German opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. The resident building is the country's second largest opera house (after Munich's) and also home to the Berlin State Ballet.
Since 2004, the ...
in the early 1930s until he emigrated. He conducted at the
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center), Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Referred ...
from 1941 through 1946, and he was a staff conductor at the
San Francisco Opera
The San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881–1953) based in San Francisco, California.
History
Gaetano Merola (1923–1953)
Merola's road to prominence in the Bay Area began in 1906 wh ...
during the 1940s until his death.
1896 births
1952 deaths
Pupils of Heinrich Schenker
Emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss
20th-century Austrian conductors (music)
Musicians from Vienna
Austrian expatriates in Germany
Austrian emigrants to the United States
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