A Vienna Opera chorusmaster has died, at 92

A Vienna Opera chorusmaster has died, at 92

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norman lebrecht

May 07, 2020

Chordirektor Professor Norbert Balatsch died yesterday. A singer in the company from 1952, he was head of chorus from 1968 to 1983, returning as late as 2006 to help out with Schoenberg’s impossible Moses und Aron.

From 1972 to 1999 Norbert was chorus chief at the Bayreuth Festival.

 

 

 

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