Peter Schneider

Conductor

1939 –

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Who is Peter Schneider?

Peter Schneider is an Austrian conductor and opera administrator.

Schneider served as kapellmeister of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf-Duisburg from 1961 to 1968; general music director of the Bremer Philharmoniker from 1978 to 1985; opera director and general music director of Nationaltheater Mannheim from 1985-1987; and general music director of the Bayerische Staatsoper orchestra, München from 1993-1998.

Schneider sang as a member of the Vienna Boys Choir as a youth, and was named honorary conductor of the Vienna State Opera in 2004.

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Born
Mar 26, 1939
Vienna
Nationality
  • Austria
Profession
Lived in
  • Vienna

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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