Peter Schneider (conductor)
- Peter Schneider (conductor)
Peter Schneider (26 March 1939, Vienna, Austria) 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.
References
*cite web | author=Vincent Vargas | title=Peter Schneider meets Parsifal | url=http://wagneroperas.blogspot.com/2006/03/peter-schneider-meets-parsifal.html | publisher= WagnerBlog | date=26 March 2006 | accessdate=2007-08-27
*cite web | author= | title=Schneider, Peter: Biografie | url=http://www.hilbert.de/html/setcard.php?lang=en&id=1232527358 | publisher=Hilbert Artists Management | date= | accessdate=2007-08-27
External links
*imdb name|0773980|Peter Schneider
* [http://www.operabase.com/listart.cgi?id=none&lang=en&name=Peter+Schneider Peter Schneider] at the Operabase database
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