Rolf Reuter

The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Employment is recorded with University of Music and Theatre Leipzig and Hanns Eisler Music School Berlin. Distinctions recorded are Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and National Prize of East Germany.

• Illustration — Grave of Prof. Rolf Reuter on the Inner Plauenschen Cemetery in Dresden Reuter was born as the son of the composer Fritz Reuter in Leipzig. After studying music at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden he began his career in 1951 as Kapellmeister at the theatre in Eisenach. In 1956 he moved to Meiningen, from there Reuter went to Oper Leipzig as general music director in 1961. From 1978 to 1980 he was chief conductor of the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar. From 1981 Reuter was General music director of the Komische Oper Berlin, where he remained until 1993. His numerous guest performances and master classes have taken him around the world, including Paris, London, Tokyo, Beijing, Houston and Buenos Aires, as well as Israel, Italy, France, Spain, the former Soviet Union, Bulgaria, etc. His conducting, partly in collaboration with Harry Kupfer, for example the Mozart cycle, Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Boris Godunov, and the world premiere of Siegfried Matthus' opera Judith, significantly shaped the artistic profile of the Komische Oper Berlin. Among the most important artists with whom he performed are David Oistrach, Jessye Norman, David Geringas, Alfredo Kraus, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Christa Ludwig, Peter Seiffert, Kiri Te Kanawa, Theo Adam and many more. Since 1966 Reuter had also been director of conducting at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig in addition to his conducting activities. He was president of the Hans Pfitzner Society and honorary professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin. World-famous conductors emerged from his teaching, for example Vladimir Jurowski, Walter Taieb, Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller, Claus Peter Flor as well as Shi-Yeon Sung. Reuter died in Berlin at age 80. His grave is located at the Innerer Plauenscher Friedhof in Dresden. The violist Sophia Reuter is his daughter.

The authorities additionally record the heading Rolf Friedrich Reuter. His recorded language was German. He married Claudia Reuter. One child is recorded: Sophia Reuter.

Rolf Reuter is recorded as having received Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and National Prize of East Germany.