Georges Prêtre
Birthday
1924/08/14
Day of death
2017/01/04 (92 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Waziers, Nord, France
Also know as
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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 hou...Read more
Acting
(2008) Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2008
as Conductor
(2010) New Year's Concert 2010
as Self
(1962) Maria Callas - In Concert - Hamburg (1959 & 1962)
as Self - Conductor
(1981) Les Contes d'Hoffmann
as Self - Conductor
(1982) Cavalleria rusticana
as Self - Conductor
(1987) Pagliacci
as Self - Conductor
(1971) Samedi soir
as Self
(1977) Fan School
as Self