Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

Karl Elmendorff

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Karl Elmendorff


Role
  
Conductor

Karl Elmendorff httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumb8

Died
  
October 21, 1962, Hofheim, Germany

Albums
  
Die Walkure - 1. Aufzug, Luise Miller

Similar People
  
Gottlob Frick, Kurt Bohme, Rudolf Kempe, Hans Knappertsbusch, Wilhelm Furtwangler

Karl elmendorff die walkure


Karl Eduard Maria Elmendorff (October 25, 1891 – October 21, 1962) was a German opera conductor.

Contents

Born in Düsseldorf, Elmendorff studied music at the Cologne College of Music and Hochschule für Musik Köln from 1913 to 1916 under Fritz Steinbach and Hermann Abendroth. Early in his career, he conducted for a number of cities including:

  • 1916 to 1920 in Düsseldorf
  • 1920 to 1923 in Mainz
  • 1923 to 1924 in Hagen
  • 1925 at the Munich State Opera
  • 1927 to 1942 at the Bayreuth Festival
  • Elmendorff also was a regular guest conductor in various European cities, including at La Scala. In 1937 he joined the Nazi Party.

    Wagner das rheingold entrance of the gods into valhalla karl elmendorff


    Discography

  • Götterdämmerung - Live 1942 Bayreuth, Label: Music & Arts Program, 2000 (recorded 1942)
  • Tannhäuser, Label: Naxos Records, 2001 (recorded 1930)
  • Tristan und Isolde, Label: Naxos, 2003 (recorded 1928)
  • References

    Karl Elmendorff Wikipedia