Siegmund Eibenschütz (19 November 1856 – 19 February 1922) was an Austrian

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

and conductor.

Life

Born in

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, Eibenschütz studied at the

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with

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and

Ferenc Erkel Ferenc Erkel ( hu, Erkel Ferenc , german: link=no, Franz Erkel; November 7, 1810June 15, 1893) was a Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist. He was the father of Hungarian grand opera, written mainly on historical themes, which are still o ...

. Together with his sister

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, who was an important piano virtuoso, he undertook concert tours throughout Europe. Finally he settled in Vienna and became an opera

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in the school of

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with

Pauline Lucca Pauline Lucca (25 April 1841 – 28 February 1908), born Maria Pauline von Wallhoffen, was an operatic dramatic soprano, born in the Austrian capital of Vienna. As a child she showed a remarkable talent for singing and at eight years old became ...

. Since 1887 he conducted at all major theaters in Austria and in 1895 he joined the

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for 10 years. His wife was the famous

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Dora Keplinger. In 1907 he became partner of Andreas Amann, the director of the Carltheater, which he finally directed from 1908 till his death. Under his direction only

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s were performed at the

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and of 19 works there were only 6 which were performed less than 100 times in a row. Among the better known works were Franz Lehár's '' Gipsy Love'' and

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's ''Polenblut'' (see ''

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''). Eibenschütz died in Vienna at the age of 55 and was buried at the Lutheran Cemetery Vienna-Simmering (VIII, Av. 29) His sisters were the pianist

Ilona Eibenschütz Ilona Eibenschütz (24 March 1871 in Budapest, Hungary – 21 May 1967 in London, England) was a Hungarian pianist. She received her first instruction in music from her cousin Albert Eibenschütz. Franz Liszt is said to have played at a concer ...

, the opera singer

Riza Eibenschütz Riza Eibenschütz, married name Riza Malata, (17 February 1870 – 16 January 1947),See also the OeML (Weblinks), the year of birth and death varies in some sources (1868/1870/1971/1873 respectively 1946/1947/1948) was an Austrian operatic sopra ...

and the actress Gina Eibenschütz, his daughter the singing teacher Maria Theodora Eibenschütz.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eibenschutz, Siegmund Austrian conductors (music) Austrian theatre directors Musicians from Budapest 1856 births 1922 deaths Musicians from Austria-Hungary

Life

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