Georges Prêtre
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Person Details
Birthday: 1924-08-14 13:35:41
Death: 2017-01-04 13:35:41
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: N/A
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Movie Involvements: 9
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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
Most Famous Work
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2008
(2008) Conductor
Pagliacci
(1987) Self - Conductor
New Year's Concert 2010
(2010) Self
Maria Callas: In Concert - Hamburg (1959 & 1962)
(1962) Self - Conductor
Cavalleria rusticana
(1982) Self - Conductor
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
(1981) Self - ConductorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Self | |
| 2008 | Conductor | |
| 1987 | Self - Conductor | |
| 1982 | Self - Conductor | |
| 1981 | Self - Conductor | |
| 1977 | Self | |
| 1971 | Self | |
| 1962 | Self - Conductor | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Music Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
