Giuseppe Bamboschek

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Giuseppe Maria Bamboschek(1890-1969) was an Italian-American opera conductor, pianist, organist, music director and film director.During his expansive career, Giuseppe Bamboschek conducted performances including famed singers Enrico Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, Johnson, Martinelli, De Luca, and many more. [1]

[edit] History

Born in Trieste, Italy in 1890, Bamboschek studied at the Trieste Conservatory. At age 13 he held a position as an organist. When he was 18 years old, he conducted orchestra concerts in Trieste.[2] Later, moving to the United States, he became a conductor for the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1913 to 1929.[3]He made his conductor/soloist debut with the Berlin Philharmonic on June 21st 1924 . [4] Bamboschek also became a mentor and teacher to numerous classical singers of the time, among them included Beverly Sills, Franco Alfano, Aroldo Lindi, and Jeanette MacDonald. He gave the young Beverly Sills her big break in 1947.[5] [6][7][8][9] He then became General Manager of the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company. Bamboschek moved into new creative territory later in his life, with a directorial credit to 1955's "Opera Cameos", a television series of Operatic Highlights including Verdi's "La Traviata".[10] [11] [12]


[edit] Further Reading

Musical Courier, 1962 Lockwood. Published: Blumenberg and Floersheim, 1885-1892; Musical Courier Co., 1892-1962. v.161-162 1960

Opera News, By Metropolitan Opera Guild. Published 1936. Original from the University of Michigan; v.25 1960-61 ; v.26 1961-62

Thesaurus of the Arts: Drama, Music, Radio, Painting, Screen,..By Albert Ernest Wier ,Published 1943, G.P. Putnam's Sons.

Metropolitan Opera Annals: A Chronicle of Artists and Performances, Compiled by William H. Seltsam ; Published 1947 H.W. Wilson Co., in association with the Metropolitan Opera Guild .

Opera Caravan: Adventures of the Metropolitan on Tour, 1883-1956; By Quaintance Eaton, Contributors: Rudolf Bing, Jean Morris. Published 1957 by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy

[edit] References

  1. ^ The International Who is Who in Music By John Townsend Hinton Mize,Published 1951 , Page 53.
  2. ^ Thesaurus of the Arts: Drama, Music, Radio, Painting, Screen, Television. By Albert Ernest Wier.Published 1943 , G.P. Putnam's Sons : page 52
  3. ^ Thesaurus of the Arts: Drama, Music, Radio, Painting, Screen, Television. By Albert Ernest Wier.Published 1943 , G.P. Putnam's Sons : page 52
  4. ^ MusicSack / Music Sack
  5. ^ Beverly: An Autobiography By Beverly Sills, Lawrence Linderman.Published 1988 Bantam Books,ISBN 0553266470 Pages 42, 43, 66
  6. ^ Opera star Beverly Sills dead at age 78 | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/02/2007
  7. ^ Opera Web Sites
  8. ^ Aroldo Lindi
  9. ^ Aroldo Lindi (Grandi Tenori.com)
  10. ^ www.cpanda.org/pdfs/csob/1960_09-10.pdf
  11. ^ Movie Reviews for Opera Cameos, Information and Film Reviews for Opera Cameos the Movie
  12. ^ Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Giuseppe Bamboschek


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