Artur Bodanzky (also written as Artur Bodzansky) (16 December 1877 – 23 November 1939) was an Austrian-American conductor particularly associated with the operas of Wagner. He conducted Enrico Caruso's last performance at the Metropolitan Opera House on Christmas Eve 1920.
The gravesite of Artur Bodanzky in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
The son of Jewish merchants, Bodanzky studied the violin and composition with Alexander Zemlinsky.[1] Bodanzky then became conducting assistant to Gustav Mahler in Vienna, later going on to jobs in Berlin, the Neues Deutsches Theater in Prague (August 1907),[2] where he was briefly a colleague of Otto Klemperer[3] and Mannheim. In 1915 he emigrated to the United States to work for the Metropolitan Opera, being replaced at Mannheim by Wilhelm Furtwängler. He was head of German repertory at the Met, being accepted by Arturo Toscanini on the recommendation of Ferruccio Busoni.[4] In 1921 he was engaged by the New York Philharmonic as a guest conductor.[5] In 1928, Bodanzky announced his resignation from the Met and was replaced by Joseph Rosenstock. However, Rosenstock received such criticism in the press that he himself resigned almost immediately on medical advice, and Bodanzky was rehired, and remained at the Met until his death in 1939. He was approached by Thomas Beecham to conduct at Covent Garden in 1936, but his requested fee of £250 for each performance was considered exorbitant.[6]
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^Horowitz (2005), p. 278
^Hart, Philipp (1994). Fritz Reiner: A Biography. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-8101-1125-X.
ArturBodanzky (also written as Artur Bodzansky) (16 December 1877 – 23 November 1939) was an Austrian-American conductor particularly associated with...
first two seasons and in later years conductors Tullio Serafin and ArturBodanzky led the company in the Italian and German repertories respectively....
essays, plays and poems. He was the brother of the opera conductor ArturBodanzky. Mitislaw der Moderne, Glockenverlag, Vienna, 1907 (with Fritz Grünbaum...
Bliss (1870–1955), devised the Bliss library classification system ArturBodanzky (1877–1939), conductor at New York Metropolitan Opera Major Edward Bowes...
1881. Retrieved 18 August 2017. "NOTABLES MOURN MRS. H. B. LANIER; ArturBodanzky Leads Chorus of Friends in Music From St. John Passion. ORCHESTRA MEN...
January 1924 at the New York City Town Hall, using a score edited by ArturBodanzky, who also conducted the performance. As new critical editions of the...
conducted by Walter Meyrowitz, and in Prague in November 1907, conducted by ArturBodanzky. Some time after the Prague performance, Zemlinsky withdrew the work...
to 1916, premiered on May 3, 1917, played by cellist Hans Kindler. ArturBodanzky conducted the concert, which took place in Carnegie Hall. This concert...
and Béla Bartók of the New Hungarian Music Society, Julius Bittner, ArturBodanzky, Mark Brunswick, Richard Buhlig, Edward Clark, Henry Cowell, Herbert...
Metropolitan Opera in 1932 with Maria Jeritza in the title role and ArturBodanzky leading the musical forces. "Suppe, Franz in Oxford Music Online". Oxford...
Bodansky include: ArturBodanzky (1877–1939), Austrian-American conductor Laís Bodanzky (born 1969), Brazilian film director Robert Bodanzky (1879–1923), Austrian...
performances led by conductors such as Thomas Beecham, Fritz Reiner, ArturBodanzky and Erich Leinsdorf. Flagstad recorded the part commercially only near...
New York City, 7 November 1931 (the American premiere, conducted by ArturBodanzky, with Friedrich Schorr in the title role) Covent Garden, London, 11...
premiere was held Jan 23, 1922 at the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by ArturBodanzky, directed by Samuel Thewman, designed by Boris Anisfeld, and with Lucrezia...
was taken from a New York Metropolitan Opera production in 1937, with ArturBodanzky conducting. Most of the recordings that followed it were also taken...
replacement for Frida Leider, Flagstad agreed to audition for conductor ArturBodanzky and Met general manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza in St Moritz in August...
Jeritza, Friedrich Schorr, Karin Branzell, and Michael Bohnen with ArturBodanzky conducting. Although he was not adversely criticized, there was not...
performances led by conductors such as Thomas Beecham, Fritz Reiner, ArturBodanzky and Erich Leinsdorf. Flagstad recorded the part commercially only near...
Kirsten Flagstad René Maison Friedrich Schorr Emanuel List Marita Farell ArturBodanzky Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 1943...
particularly noted for his Wagner performances; after the sudden death of ArturBodanzky in 1939, he was named the Met's "head of German repertoire". By the...
February 1939 Gene Boucher 1096 baritone 23 March 1964 17 March 1984 ArturBodanzky 1094 conductor 18 November 1915 23 May 1939 Gabor Carelli 1080 tenor...
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