Karl Böhm
Biography
Karl August Leopold Böhm (28 August 1894 – 14 August 1981) was an Austrian conductor. He was best known for his performances of the music of Mozart, Wagner, and Richard Strauss. Karl Böhm was born in Graz. The son of a lawyer, he studied law and earned a doctorate in this subject before entering the music conservatory in his home town of Graz, Austria. He later enrolled at the Vienna Conservatory, where he studied under Eusebius Mandyczewski, a friend of Johannes Brahms. In 1917, Böhm became a rehearsal assistant in his home town, making his debut as a conductor in Viktor Nessler's Der Trompeter von Säckingen in 1917. He became the assistant director of music in 1919, and the following year, the senior director. On the recommendation of Karl Muck, Bruno Walter engaged him at the Bavarian State Opera, Munich in 1921. An early assignment here was Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, with a cast which included Maria Ivogün, Paul Bender, and Richard Tauber. In 1927 he was appo...
Known For
Top 15 Movies
Die Fledermaus
1972
Mozart Symphonies Vol. I - Nos. 29,34,35,40,41 and Minuet K.409
1978
Beethoven: Fidelio
1970
Mozart Symphonies Vol. II - Nos. 1,25,31,36,38 and "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
1978
The Marriage of Figaro
1975
Salome
1974
Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
1970
Mozart Requiem
2005
Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos
1979
Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
2007
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1980
Tristan und Isolde
1973
Ariadne auf Naxos
1965
Böhm Conducts Brahms & Beethoven
2006
Mozart Symphonies Vol. III - Nos. 28, 33, 39, "Serenata Notturna" and Karl Böhm documentary
1978