Wolfgang Rennert focused on opera, at the Oper Frankfurt, Staatsoper Berlin, Mannheim National Theatre and the Semperoper, among others.
13 Facts About Wolfgang Rennert
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Wolfgang Rennert premiered operas, such as Louise Talma's Die Alkestiade in Frankfurt, and Rainer Kunad's Sabellicus in East Berlin.
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The eldest of his brothers, Gunther Wolfgang Rennert, became an opera director.
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Wolfgang Rennert completed his training at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, studying conducting with Clemens Krauss and composition with Johann Nepomuk David.
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From 1967, Wolfgang Rennert was principal conductor of the Staatstheater am Gartnerplatz in Munich.
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Until the end of the 1970s, Wolfgang Rennert worked in Berlin with stage directors such as Ruth Berghaus, Erhard Fischer, Harry Kupfer and Luca Ronconi.
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Wolfgang Rennert conducted new productions of works including Weber's Oberon, Verdi's Falstaff and Othello, Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, Richard Strauss' Salome, and Alban Berg's Wozzeck.
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Wolfgang Rennert conducted the premiere of Rainer Kunad's Sabellicus after the Faust legend, staged by Harry Kupfer at the Staatsoper Berlin, on 20 December 1974.
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Wolfgang Rennert focused there on works by Richard Strauss, such as Elektra, and contemporary operas, including Schoenberg's Moses und Aron.
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Wolfgang Rennert invited stage directors such as Nikolaus Lehnhoff and Ruth Berghaus to work in Mannheim.
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Wolfgang Rennert was principal guest conductor in Copenhagen starting in 1985 and in Lisbon in the 1990s.
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Wolfgang Rennert died in Berlin and was buried in Dorotheenstadt Cemetery.
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Wolfgang Rennert recorded Kurt Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper with members of the Oper Frankfurt in 1969.