The Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor is an Austrian mixed choir of classical music and is formed by members from the Chor der Wiener Staatsoper.[1]

History

In 1927, Viktor Maiwald, a chorus member of the Vienna State Opera, founded the Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus in order to give the ensemble a stage presence outside the house – in the style of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which had already become independent in 1842 from the Vienna State Opera Orchestra for its own external concerts.[2][3][4]

The choir is organised in self-administration and elects four board members, in detail a treasurer, managing director, secretary and the executive board, as well as an extended board consisting of eight voice representatives of the individual voice groups to represent their interests. who also perform representative tasks. Since its founding, the Concert Association has also appointed its own concert director from conductors with close ties to it. These include Karl Böhm, Claudio Abbado and three-time Clemens Krauss.

The choir accepts engagements for television productions, recordings and concerts. Especially the intensive participation with several simultaneous productions at the Salzburg Festival make it necessary under certain circumstances to recruit substitutes, who are selected for reinforcement after the audition selection procedure.

Concert directors

Year Conductor Country
from until
1927 1931 Franz Schalk  Austria
1931 1934 Clemens Krauss  Austria
1935 1936 Felix Weingartner  Austria
1936 1938 Bruno Walter  Germany |  Austria
1939 1945 Clemens Krauss  Austria
1945 1947 Josef Krips  Austria
1949 1954 Clemens Krauss  Austria
1954 1981 Karl Böhm  Austria
1987 2002 Claudio Abbado  Italy
2002 Seiji Ozawa  Japan

Recordings (selection)

References

  1. ↑ "Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor • Salzburger Festspiele". Salzburger Festspiele.
  2. ↑ "Konzertvereinigung – Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor". www.kv-staatsopernchor.at.
  3. ↑ Andrea Harrandt: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor. In Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon. Online-Edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5; Print-Edition: Vol. 3, Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften presses, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7.
  4. ↑ "75 Jahre Wiener Staatsopernchor". Kultur - Wiener Zeitung Online (in German). 1 October 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

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