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Erich Kleiber

Erich Kleiber has been played on NTS shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, with Le Nozze Di Figaro first played on 29 September 2023.

Erich Kleiber (August 5, 1890 – January 27, 1956) was an Austrian conductor.

Born in Vienna, Kleiber studied in Prague. In 1923, after conducting a stirring performance of Beethoven's Fidelio at the Berlin State Opera, he became that institution's music director.

He was known for his interpretations of the standard symphonic and operatic repertoire, as well as for championing new works. In 1925, for example, he conducted the première of Alban Berg's opera, Wozzeck. When Berg's second opera Lulu was branded Entartete Musik…

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Le Nozze Di Figaro
Mozart, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleiber, Hilde Gueden, Lisa Della Casa, Suzanne Danco, Cesare Siepi, Alfred Poell, Fernando Corena
The Decca Record Company Limited1955
Le Nozze Di Figaro
Mozart, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleiber, Hilde Gueden, Lisa Della Casa, Suzanne Danco, Cesare Siepi, Alfred Poell, Fernando CorenaThe Decca Record Company Limited1955
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