Hermann Michael
Hermann Michael (1937–2005) was a German symphonic and opera conductor. He studied piano and cello at the Stuttgart Conservatory and had not formally studied conducting when he audited a master class led by Herbert von Karajan in Berlin in 1960. Michael then took a three-week master class with conductor Hans Swarowsky and was invited to the first Cantelli Conducting Competition in Italy, which he won.
Hermann Michael
- Name
- Hermann Michael
- Born
- 1937
- Birthplace
- Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Died
- September 1, 2005
- Place of death
- Uffing am Staffelsee, Bavaria, Germany
- Occupation
- Conductor
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition
- Languages
- German
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Michael served as von Karajan's assistant at the Vienna State Opera and undertook guest engagements before being appointed director of the Bremen Opera, where he served from 1970 to 1978. After 1984 he was active in North America, conducting the symphony orchestras in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Montreal, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and Washington D.C. He also conducted at the Metropolitan Opera from 1989 to 1996, where he led performances of Die Fledermaus, Der Fliegende Holländer, and Fidelio. According to the obituary in The New York Times, "Mr. Michael had a special relationship with Seattle, where he appeared nearly every season as a guest with the opera company after making his American debut there in 1984. He led three complete "Ring" cycles in Seattle, and regularly performed with the symphony." He was the music director of the Phoenix [Arizona] Symphony from 1997 to 2004.
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• Name — Hermann Michael • Born — 1937 • Birthplace — Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg, Germany • Died — September 1, 2005 • Place of death — Uffing am Staffelsee, Bavaria, Germany • Occupation — Conductor
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Hermann Michael, born in 1937 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany and died on 1 September 2005 in Uffing, Germany, is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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