Heinrich Conried

Heinrich Conried (1855-1909) was a theatrical manager, born in Bielitz, Austrian Silesia. He received his education at the Realschule in Vienna. Early on, he was an actor in Europe, then he moved to New York City where he assumed the management of the Irving Place Theatre. In 1903, he succeeded Maurice Grau as director of the Metropolitan Opera House (until 1908). His first season was notable through the first production of "Parsival" outside of Bayreuth, excepting an isolated production at Amsterdam in 1901.New International Encyclopedia By December 31, 1913, when the copyright of "Parsival" expired, the work had been represented 43 times at the Metropolitan Opera House.New International Encyclopedia Soon after he became the director of the Metropolitan Opera House, he conceived the New Theatre. For his advancement of art he was decorated by the Emperors of Germany and Austria and the Kings of Italy and Belgium.

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