Georges Prêtre
Known for Sound · 9 credits
- Born
- 1924-08-14
- Died
- 2017-01-04
- Place of birth
- Waziers, Nord, France
Biography
Georges Prêtre was a French orchestral and opera conductor. Prêtre attended the Douai Conservatory and then studied harmony under Maurice Duruflé and conducting under André Cluytens among others at the Conservatoire de Paris. Amongst his early musical interests were jazz and trumpet. After graduating, he conducted in a number of small French opera houses sometimes under the pseudonym Georges Dherain. His conducting debut was at the Opéra de Marseille in 1946. He also conducted at the opera houses in Lille and Toulouse. His Paris debut was at the Opéra-Comique in Richard Strauss's Capriccio. He was director of the Opéra-Comique 1955–1959. He conducted at the Lyric Opera of Chicago 1959–1971. He was conductor, 1959, and music director 1970–1971, at the Paris Opéra. He was principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony 1986–1991
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (7)
Cavalleria rusticana
1982
as Self - Conductor
Pagliacci
1987
as Self - Conductor
Maria Callas in Concert - Hamburg 1959 and 1962
1962
as Self - Conductor
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
1981
as Self - Conductor
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2008
2008
as Conductor
New Year's Concert 2010
2010
as Self
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2010
as Self - Conductor
About Georges Prêtre
Georges Prêtre was a French orchestral and opera conductor. Prêtre attended the Douai Conservatory and then studied harmony under Maurice Duruflé and conducting under André Cluytens among others at the Conservatoire de Paris. Amongst his early musical interests were jazz and trumpet. After graduating, he conducted in a number of small French opera houses sometimes under the pseudonym Georges Dherain. His conducting debut was at the Opéra de Marseille in 1946. He also conducted at the opera houses in Lille and Toulouse. His Paris debut was at t… With 9 credits spanning from 1962 to 2010, Georges Prêtre has appeared in 7 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Georges Prêtre Movies
- Cavalleria rusticana (1982) — as Self - Conductor
- Pagliacci (1987) — as Self - Conductor
- Maria Callas in Concert - Hamburg 1959 and 1962 (1962) — as Self - Conductor
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann (1981) — as Self - Conductor
- Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2008 (2008) — as Conductor
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