- Emil Cooper
Emil Albertovich Cooper, also known as Emil Kuper (
December 13 [OS December 1] , 1877,Kherson –November 16 ,1960 , New York) was a Russian conductor andviolinist , of English ancestry.He graduated music school in
Odessa as violinist and composer. Until 1898 he played recitals as violinist and learned conducting independently. He also studied conducting withArthur Nikisch . In 1899 together withLeonid Sobinov andFeodor Chaliapin he performed on tour around Russia cities as operatic conductor. He conducted in a variety of locations in Russia,Western Europe and theUSA during his career. He was a long-time staff conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.He premiered Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "
The Golden Cockerel " in 1909. He also conducted Rimsky-Korsakov's "Kashchey the Immortal" in January 1917 at theBolshoi Theatre inMoscow .Kuper / Cooper conducted the first performance of
Reinhold Glière 's epic Third Symphony, 'Ilya of Murom', on23 March 1912 .Emil Cooper emigrated to the West in 1924.
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* [http://mirslovarei.com/content_his/KUPER-32129.html Biography]
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