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    Leo Blech (21 April 1871 – 25 August 1958) was a German opera composer and conductor who is perhaps most famous for his work at the Königliches Opernhaus...
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    January 4, 1915; Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, with Leo Blech, Berlin State Opera Orchestra. rec. December 15, 1926; Beethoven Violin...
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    conductors. They included Felix von Weingartner, Karl Muck, Richard Strauss, Leo Blech and George Szell. After the collapse of the German Empire in 1918, the...
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  • businessman Gustavus M. Blech, American physician Hans Christian Blech, German actor Jörg Blech, German journalist and author Leo Blech, German opera composer...
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    Klemperer turned down an invitation from the Berlin State Opera to succeed Leo Blech as musical director; he declined the post, because he did not believe...
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    Wolf-Ferrari Cendrillon (1904) by Pauline García-Viardot Aschenbrödel (1905) by Leo Blech, libretto by Richard Batka Das Märchen vom Aschenbrödel (1941) by Frank...
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    Barmen-Elberfeld in 1919, Düsseldorf in 1921 and Mannheim in 1922. In 1923 Leo Blech resigned as musical director of the Berlin State Opera after 17 years...
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    (Hofkapellmeister, 1871–1887) Joseph Sucher (1888–1899) Richard Strauss (1899–1913) Leo Blech (Hofkapellmeister, 1913–1920) Erich Kleiber (1923–1934) Clemens Krauss...
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    (1924) Hugo Gruder-Guntram, Leo Blech (1925) Hermann Frischler (1925–1928) Jakob Feldhammer, Otto Preminger (1929–1931) Leo Kraus (1931–1933) Karl Lustig-Prean...
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    1926) March 12 – Helene Wiet, Austrian opera singer (d. 1939) April 21 – Leo Blech, German conductor and composer (d. 1958) May 7 – Paolo Litta, Italian...
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    (1816–1902) Boris Blacher (1903–1975) Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (born 1934) Leo Blech (1871–1958) Theodor Blumer (1881–1964) Martin Blumner (1827–1901) Erhard...
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    the role of Agathe in Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz. Conductor Leo Blech was not very kind to her and, as she wrote in her autobiography, she even...
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    Margarita Kenney Pedro: Waldemar Kmentt Sebastiano: Otto Wiener Tommaso: Leo Heppe 1957 Rudolf Moralt, Wiener Symphoniker (Philips 434 781-2) Marta: Gré...
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  • at the Conservatory of Liepāja, then composition and conducting (under Leo Blech) at the Conservatory of Riga from 1940 until 1944 while working as violinist...
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  • Op. 64 Fritz Kreisler with Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Leo Blech Victor 1926 Classical Album 1998 "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" Marvin...
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  • Schorr, Robert Hutt, Leo Schützendorf, Karl Jöken, Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Lydia Kinderman Berliner Staatsoper under Leo Blech Pearl GEMM CD 9340 / Symposium...
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    graphic designer and painter Arnold Berliner* (1862–1942), physicist Leo Blech (1871–1958), composer and conductor Werner Bloch* (1890–1973), politician...
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  • also penned his own opera libretti for composers like Eugen d’Albert, Leo Blech, and Richard Stöhr. Also notable among his writings was his three volume...
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    at the Berliner Staatsoper under the baton of the Wagnerian conductor Leo Blech, with considerable success. The first performance in Italy (without Arlecchino)...
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    with Rimsky-Korsakov. His son Leonīds Vīgners was assistant conductor to Leo Blech 1937–1939, and later director of the Latvian National Opera 1944–49. Vīgners...
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    well as The Nightmare Before Christmas; in Burbank, California Died: Leo Blech, 87, German opera composer and director Voters in the U.S. Territory of...
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    studied with teachers including Friedrich Gernsheim and Josef Rheinberger. Leo Blech Edward Joseph Collins Arthur Farwell [pupils] Luís de Freitas Branco Jan...
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  • acts Karl Michael von Levetzow not performed Mister Wu (completed by Leo Blech) Oper 3 acts Karl Michael von Levetzow, after Harry M. Vernon and Harold...
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  • Kurt Mantel Berlin – Charlottenburg, Friedhof Heerstraße, Burial site of Leo Blech, Karl Bonhoeffer, Horst Buchholz, Tilla Durieux, George Grosz, Maximilian...
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  • 1911-11-18 Le donne curiose Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari 1912-01-03 Versiegelt Leo Blech 1912-01-20 La Vita Nuova (cantata) Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari 1912-01-28 L'Orfeo...
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  • Sidney Beer Eduard van Beinum Anthony Bernard Leonard Bernstein Harry Blech Leo Blech Ernest Bloch Herbert Blomstedt Karl Böhm Richard Bonynge Sir Adrian...
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    Hollreiser 1933–1936 Karl Elmendorff Guest conductors included Thomas Beecham, Leo Blech and Fritz Busch. Richard Strauss conducted opera almost annually. After...
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    international attention, including world premiere recordings of the music of Leo Blech, and there remains an ongoing relationship with Deutschlandfunk Kultur...
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    "Große Volksoper" (Great People's Opera), under the direction of conductor Leo Blech. Short lived, the opera house closed in 1924. The theatre then showed...
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    Iphigénie en Aulide; 4:20) Arranged by Felix Mottl (1856–1911), conducted by Leo Blech (1871–1958), performed in 1927 by Berliner Staatskapelle Problems playing...
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