Herbert von Karajan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-04-05 (81 years old)

Deathday

1989-07-16

Place of Birth

Salzburg, Austria

Herbert von Karajan

Biography

Herbert von Karajan (born Heribert Ritter[a] von Karajan; 5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years. During the Nazi era, he debuted at the Salzburg Festival, with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, and during the Second World War he conducted at the Berlin State Opera. Generally regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, he was a controversial but dominant figure in European classical music from the mid-1950s until his death. Part of the reason for this was the large number of recordings he made and their prominence during his...

Acting

1971

Beethoven - Symphony No. 8

as Self - Conductor

1971

Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

as Self - Conductor

1977

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

as Self - Conductor

1965

La Bohème

as Self - Conductor

1984

Der Rosenkavalier

as Self - Conductor

1973

Otello

as Conductor

1967

Pastorale

as Self - Conductor

1962

Der Rosenkavalier

as Self - Conductor

2008

1967

Verdi – Messa da Requiem

as Self - Conductor

1987

Don Giovanni

as Self - Conductor

1974

Madama Butterfly

as Self - Conductor

2012

1978

Wagner: Das Rheingold

as Self - Conductor

2005

Karajan · Die Symphonien

as Self - Conductor

1972

Eroica

as Conductor

2009

Eroica - Director's Cut

as Self - Conductor

2017

The Clouzot Scandal

as Self (archive footage)

2008

Karajan: Beauty As I See It

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro

as Self - Music Conductor (archive footage)

2019

Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable

as Self (archive footage)

1965

Karajan in Rehearsal

as Self - Conductor

2007

Rostropovich Life & Art

as Self - Conductor

1970

1980

Brahms: The Symphonies

as Self - Conductor

1978

Il Trovatore - Verdi

as Self - Conductor

1986

Don Carlo

as Self - Conductor

2008

2015

Verdi: Falstaff

as Self - Conductor

1984

Bach: Magnificat - Karajan

as Self - Conductor

1984

2008

Karajan In Concert

as Self - Conductor

Production

1984

1967

Bizet Carmen

as Director

1967

Pastorale

as Music

1987

Don Giovanni

as Music Director

2017

1978

1965

La Bohème

as Producer

1986

Don Carlo

as Director

1967

Bizet Carmen

as Conductor

1967

Bizet Carmen

as Stage Director

1980

1973

Otello

as Conductor

1965

La Bohème

as Conductor

2008

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