People
Georges Prêtre
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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New Year's Concert 2010 as Self | 2010-01-01 |
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2008 as Conductor | 2008-01-11 |
Pagliacci as Self - Conductor | 1987-05-01 |
Cavalleria rusticana as Self - Conductor | 1982-06-15 |
Les Contes d'Hoffmann as Self - Conductor | 1981-12-01 |
Maria Callas - In Concert - Hamburg (1959 & 1962) as Self - Conductor | 1962-03-16 |