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Otmar Suitner

Austrian conductor (1922-2010) · Austria · On the map · Musicians · Died at 87

Otmar Suitner was an Austrian conductor who spent most of his professional career in East Germany. He was born in Innsbruck and died in Berlin. He was principal conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden from 1960 to 1964, and then music director at the Berlin State Opera in East Berlin from 1964 to 1990.

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Albums 10

GSGrieg and Liszt: "Peer Gynt" Suites Nos. 1-2, Orpheus, S. 98 & Mazeppa, S. 1002022 · 10 tracks
MNMozart: Sinfonie No. 28 & 292022 · 8 tracks
MIMozart: Così fan Tutte (Sung in Italian)2022 · 68 tracks
DNDvořák: Sinfonie No. 12021 · 4 tracks
DNDvorak: Symphony No. 92020 · 16 tracks
SRStaatskapelle Berlin Legendary Eterna Recordings2020 · 39 tracks
QSQuintessence Dvorák: Complete Symphonies2019 · 35 tracks
LGLes grandes oeuvres de la musique classique: « peer gynt » de edvard grieg2018 · 8 tracks
MSMahler: Symphony No. 5 & Songs2017 · 14 tracks
MSMozart: Sinfonien2017 · 8 tracks
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Awards

Star of People's Friendship1987
National Prize of East Germany
Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great

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He was concurrently chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Berlin from 1964 to 1991.

Country
Austria
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2010 · aged 87

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Nabucco: Act III - "Va pensiero, sull'ali dorata"1961
Sinfonie G-Moll, KV 550: Molto Allegro2017
Nabucco - Fly Away, Free Thought, on the Wings of Yearning2022
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Act II: Der Hölle Rache2009
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Act II: Tamino mein! O welch ein Glück!1970
Die verkaufte Braut: Overture1965

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