!!!Bing, Rudolf, Sir

b. Vienna, Jan. 9, 1902, 
d. New York (USA), Sept. 2, 1997, opera director; son of an Austrian 
steel tycoon, started his career in Germany as an opera manager in the 
1920s; from 1933 worked in England (Glyndebourne Opera); 1946 British 
citizenship, 1950-1972 director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, 
1971 knighted.

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Work: 5000 Abende in der Oper, 1973.



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