Wolf Gorelik (russian: Вольф Михайлович Горелик) (1933–2013) was a Russian conductor, specialising in theatre work. Born in Pervouralsk,

Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...

, Gorelik studied at the

Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire is a musical university in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. The Ural State Conservatory was founded in 1934. In 1939 the Conservatory had its first graduates. Notable alumni * Anatoliy Andreyev – ...

, where he studied conducting with Mikhail Paverman and violin with Mikhail Zatulovski. From 1963 to 1964, he was a conductor of the Tomsk Philharmonic Society's Symphony Orchestra. From 1965 to 1966 he was a conductor of the Sverdlovsk Opera. He became chief conductor of the Buryat Opera in 1966. He was chief conductor at the Saratov Opera and Chernyshevsky Ballet from 1967 to 1973. In 1974, he joined the Moscow Operetta as chief conductor and held the post for two decades. In 1993, he became principal conductor at the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre. From 1980 to 1993, Gorelik was a music director of the

Russian Academy of Theatre Arts The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС) is the largest and oldest independent drama school, theatrical arts school in Russia. Locat ...

' Opera Studio, and starting in 1990, held the same position at the East Ukrainian New Symphony Orchestra with which he also recorded works of Britten, Rachmaninoff and

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

. Gorelik died in Moscow on March 10, 2013, from

pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severity ...

, after conducting a performance of

Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the '' bel canto'' opera style dur ...

's ''L'elisir d'amore''.

References

External links

Wolf Gorelik biography, Israeli Opera page
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