Reinhard Peters was a German operatic conductor, violinist and an academic teacher at the Folkwangschule Essen.
11 Facts About Reinhard Peters
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Reinhard Peters was the Generalmusikdirektor for the opera companies Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Theater Munster and Deutsche Oper Berlin.
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Reinhard Peters was from 1957 to 1961 conductor at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where he led the premiere of Giselher Klebe's Die todlichen Wunsche in Dusseldorf.
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From 1961, Reinhard Peters was Generalmusikdirektor of the Sinfonieorchester Munster at the Theater Munster.
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Reinhard Peters conducted with the Berlin company the premiere of Aribert Reimann's Melusine at the Schwetzingen Festival on 29 April 1971, staged by Rudolf Sellner.
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Reinhard Peters conducted the Philharmonia Hungarica in Marl from 1974 to 1979, and was a professor at the Folkwangschule Essen.
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Reinhard Peters worked as a guest conductor, including the Berlin Philharmonic.
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Reinhard Peters conducted the premiere of The Scarf, a chamber opera in one act by Lee Hoiby at the first Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, on 20 June 1958.
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Reinhard Peters conducted several orchestras in recordings, including the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Philharmonia Hungarica, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Munich Philharmonic and the Collegium Aureum.
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Reinhard Peters conducted works by Adolphe Adam, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Ruggero Leoncavallo Gioachino Rossini and Camille Saint-Saens.
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Reinhard Peters accompanied singers such as Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ernst Haefliger and Rita Streich, including:.