Rudolf Bibl (4 May 1929[1] – 27 January 2017) was an Austrian conductor and pianist.

Life

Born in Vienna, parallel to attending a Gymnasium, Bibl studied piano, clarinet, composition at the Wiener Musikakademie and attended the conducting class of Hans Swarowsky. From 1948, he was répétiteur at the Graz Opera. From 1960, he worked at the Vienna Raimundtheater and the Theater an der Wien. From 1969 to 1973, he was music director in Trier, from where he gave guest performances in France and Luxembourg.

From 1973, he was conductor at the Volksoper Wien, where he conducted over 2,200 performances, including Der Vogelhändler, Die lustige Witwe, Die Csárdásfürstin and Die Fledermaus. From 1995 to 2008, he was musical director of the Seefestspiele Mörbisch, for which he put together his own orchestra, the Symphonieorchester Burgenland, consisting of students from the Joseph-Haydn-Conservatory of the Province of Burgenland.

Guest performances and concert tours abroad took him to Japan, Italy, Germany and France, for example, to the Berlin State Opera and the Opéra Bastille in Paris.[2][3] At the Vienna State Opera, he conducted Die Fledermaus and Die lustige Witwe from 1999 to 2003.[4]

Bibl remained closely associated with the Vienna Volksoper until the end. In May 2016, he conducted three performances of Kálmán's Die Csárdásfürstin as part of a guest performance in Tokyo, his last conducting was a performance of Die Fledermaus on 1 January 2017. According to the house, he conducted 2273 performances at the Vienna Volksoper.[5]

Bibl died at the age of 87, in Frontignan, France.[6]

Bibl was the grandson of the composer and organist of the same name (1832–1902) and nephew of the historian Viktor Bibl.[1]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Rudolf Bibl in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU)
  2. 1 2 3 Prof. Rudolf Bibl: Professor Rudolf Bibl deceased Volksoper Wien, retrieved 25 July 2021
  3. 1 2 Elena Habermann: Vienna/Volksoper: Die Fledermaus - Festvorstellung zum 85. Geburtstag von Professor Rudolf Bibl Der neue Merker, 14 May 2014, retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Performances at the WienStaatsoper
  5. ↑ "Professor Rudolf Bibl deceased". Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Dirigent Rudolf Bibl 87-jährig gestorben. APA-Meldung auf DerStandard.at, 28 January 2017, retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. 1 2 Liste der Träger des Ehrenzeichens für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich (PDF) retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Ehrenzeichen für Rudolf Bibl und Rolf Langenfass. In Burgenländische Volkszeitung im Österreich Journal, 29 September 2004; retrieved 25 July 2021
  9. ↑ Rudolf Bibl erstes Ehrenmitglied von Mörbisch. Kleine Zeitung, 12 July 2013; retrieved 25 July 2021.

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