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After studies in singing and
musicology, Rudolf Berger directed his first production:
Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera, which he presented at the
Baroque Theatre of the Imperial Castle of Schönbrunn (Austria)
in 1984. Two years later, he was made director of
production of the International Festival in
Aix-en-Provence. In 1989 he joined the celebrated
Parisian agency Musicaglotz and became responsible for
its opera sector. The Vienna Staatsoper made Rudolf
Berger Artistic Administrator in 1990. In September
1994, the board of the Vienna Chamber Opera asked him to
step in after the sudden passing away of Hans Gabor. At
the same time he was general director of the summer
Mozart Festival in Schönbrunn and the head of the
International Belvedere competition for opera singers.
ln September 1997, he became General Director of the
Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg, position he held for six
seasons. Convinced of the necessity to foster the career
of young singers, he also established Les Jeunes Voix du
Rhin, a workshop devoted to the blossoming of dozens of
young artists each year. Numerous co-productions,
television and video broadcasts, invitations to
festivals (Savonlinna, Proms in London, Paris) and
glowing reviews accompanied the development of this
house. On September 1, 2003, Rudolf Berger became
General Director of the prestigious Volksoper in Vienna. |
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