Hugo Reichenberger


Hugo Reichenberger was a German conductor and composer.
After stations in Bremen, Aachen, Stuttgart and Munich Hugo Reichenberger became 1st "Kapellmeister" at the Stadttheater Frankfurt/Main in 1905 where he premiered Richard Strauss' Salome in 1907. From 1908 to 1935 he was a permanent conductor at the Vienna Court Opera and State Opera.
He was one of the most frequent conductors of the Vienna State Opera, giving more than 2000 performances, among which emerge the premieres of Richard Strauss' Elektra in 1909 and Leos Janáceks Jenufa in 1918.
As a guest conductor he visited Madrid, Berlin, Coburg, Bukarest, Munich, Warsaw, Budapest, Amsterdam, Antwerpen, Brussels and Egypt.