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Karl Böhm

Karl Böhm

Actor · Born 1894-08-28 · Graz, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

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Biography

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. Karl Böhm was born in Graz. The son of a lawyer, he studied law and earned a doctorate in this subject before entering the music conservatory in his home town of Graz, Austria. He later enrolled at the Vienna Conservatory, where he studied under Eusebius Mandyczewski, a friend of Johannes Brahms. In 1917, Böhm became a rehearsal assistant in his home town, making his debut as a conductor in Viktor Nessler's Der Trompeter von Säckingen in 1917. He became the assistant director of music in 1919, and the following year, the senior director. On the recommendation of Karl Muck, Bruno Walter engaged him at the Bavarian State Opera, Munich in 1921. An early assignment here was Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, with a cast which included Maria Ivogün, Paul Bender, and Richard Tauber. In 1927 he was appointed as chief musical director in Darmstadt. In 1931 he was appointed to the same post at the Hamburg State Opera, a position he held until 1934. In 1933, Böhm conducted in Vienna for the first time, in Tri…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Marriage of Figaro (1975) — Self - Conductor
  2. Salome (1974) — Self - Conductor
  3. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
  4. Die Fledermaus (1972) — Self - Conductor
  5. Mozart Symphonies Vol. II - Nos. 1,25,31,36,38 and "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" (1978) — Self - Conductor
  6. Mozart Requiem (2005) — Self - Conductor
  7. Ariadne auf Naxos (1965) — Self - Conductor
  8. Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1980) — Self - Conductor
  9. Tristan und Isolde (1973) — Self - Conductor
  10. Mozart Symphonies Vol. I - Nos. 29,34,35,40,41 and Minuet K.409 (1978) — Self - Conductor
  11. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos (2007) — Self - Conductor
  12. Philharmonic (1944)
  13. Bayreuther Proben (1966) — Self
  14. Biographies (1978) — Self
  15. Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele (1970) — Self
  16. Beethoven: Fidelio (1970) — Self - Conductor
  17. Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos (1979) — Self - Conductor
  18. Mozart Symphonies Vol. III - Nos. 28, 33, 39, "Serenata Notturna" and Karl Böhm documentary (1978) — Self - Conductor
  19. Böhm Conducts Brahms & Beethoven (2006) — Conductor