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Price: $100.00 |
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MINT CONDITION |
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Autographed Zimbler of Vienna postcard photograph of the German conductor, along with a fold-over 1934 parchment brochure of his critical praise and biography, as well as an unsigned Zimbler postcard photograph. Herbert (1898-1975) was a pupil of Arnold Schoenberg in Vienna. He conducted major orchestras quite successfully throughout Europe and was made Chief Conductor of the Vienna Volksoper in 1932. He was in Japan on tour during the Anschluss in 1938 and immediately emigrated to the United States. He initially became involved with a small opera company performing opera in English in the San Francisco area, moving to New Orleans in 1943, where he became the General Director of the New Orleans Opera, interestingly, he hired and conducted Mario Lanza in his only opera appearance as Pinkerton in “Madama Butterfly” in April, 1948. Herbert attempted to get him to re-appear the following season in “La Traviata” for two performances, but the film bug had caught Lanza by then. Herbert stayed in New Orleans until 1954, when he moved to Houston and founded The Houston Grand Opera, where he stayed until 1972. Herbert also founded Opera-South in Jackson Mississippi and the San Diego Opera. There are several live recordings on the VIA label with Herbert conducting stellar casts including Bjorling, Warren, Milanov, Triegle, Turner etc. |
WALTER HERBERT - CONDUCTOR |
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Phone: 212-860-5541 * Fax: 917-677-8247
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