Rudolf Bibl (4 May 1929
– 27 January 2017) was an Austrian conductor and pianist.
Life
Born in Vienna, parallel to attending a
Gymnasium, Bibl studied piano, clarinet, composition at the
Wiener Musikakademie and attended the conducting class of
Hans Swarowsky
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Swarowsky was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied the art of conducting under Felix Weingartner and Richard Strauss. Jiří Vysloužil ...
. From 1948, he was
répétiteur
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Opera
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at the
Graz Opera
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History
Opera h ...
. From 1960, he worked at the Vienna
Raimundtheater and the
Theater an der Wien
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. From 1969 to 1973, he was
music director
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in
Trier
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, from where he gave guest performances in France and Luxembourg.
From 1973, he was conductor at the Volksoper Wien, where he conducted over 2,200 performances, including ''Der Vogelhändler'', ''Die lustige Witwe'', ''Die Csárdásfürstin'' and ''Die Fledermaus''. From 1995 to 2008, he was musical director of the Seefestspiele Mörbisch, for which he put together his own orchestra, the ''Symphonieorchester Burgenland'', consisting of students from the .
Guest performances and concert tours abroad took him to Japan, Italy, Germany and France, for example, to the Berlin State Opera and the Opéra Bastille in Paris.
[''Prof. Rudolf Bibl: Professor Rudolf Bibl deceased''](_blank)
Volksoper Wien, retrieved 25 July 2021[Elena Habermann]
''Vienna/Volksoper: Die Fledermaus - Festvorstellung zum 85. Geburtstag von Professor Rudolf Bibl''
Wiener Staatsoper, Der neue Merker, 14 May 2014, retrieved 25 July 2021. At the Vienna State Opera, he conducted ''Die Fledermaus'' and ''Die lustige Witwe'' from 1999 to 2003.
Bibl remained closely associated with the Vienna Volksoper until the end. In May 2016, he conducted three performances of Kálmán's ''Die Csárdásfürstin'' as part of a guest performance in Tokyo, his last conducting was a performance of ''Die Fledermaus'' on 1 January 2017. According to the house, he conducted 2273 performances at the Vienna Volksoper.
Bibl died at the age of 87, in Frontignan, France.
Bibl was the grandson of the Rudolf Bibl (composer), composer and organist of the same name (1832–1902) and nephew of the historian Viktor Bibl.
Awards
* 1988: Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse.
[''Liste der Träger des Ehrenzeichens für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich''](_blank)
(PDF) retrieved 25 July 2021.
* 1991: Honorary member of the Wiener Volksoper.
* 1999: Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.
* 2004: Great .
''Ehrenzeichen für Rudolf Bibl und Rolf Langenfass''.
In ' im Österreich Journal, 29 September 2004; retrieved 25 July 2021
* 2013: Honorary member of the Seefestspiele Mörbisch.[''Rudolf Bibl erstes Ehrenmitglied von Mörbisch''.](_blank)
''Kleine Zeitung'', 12 July 2013; retrieved 25 July 2021.
* Presentation of the .
References
Further reading
* Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz
Bibl, Familie
In ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon''. Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ; Print edition: Vol 1, Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften press, Vienna 2002, .
External links
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on Operabase
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Austrian conductors (music)
Austrian classical pianists
Austrian male classical pianists
Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
1929 births
2017 deaths
Musicians from Vienna