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From 1955 to 1992
The saying that the Wiener Staatsoper will survive every General Director is ascribed to Egon Seefehlner, who himself was responsible for the well being of the House for many years. But he, and the thirty-one other General Directors of the Wiener Staatsoper since 1869, all of them great artists or artistic administrators, have defined the profile of this world-renowned institution (See 1869 to 1955).
After World War II came the first the conductor-General Directors: Karl Böhm and Herbert von Karajan—the latter insisted on being called Artistic Director and opened the ensemble to the international singers market. He introduced the practice of operas being sung in the original language and set in motion plans for co-productions with foreign companies which were realised only after his tenure had ended.
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Egon Hilbert, Heinrich Reif-Gintl, Rudolf Gamsjäger followed as General Directors as well as the aforementioned Egon Seefehlner who was for a second time named as General Director after the resignation of his successor Lorne Mazel. Klaus Helmut Drese (Staatsooper General Director from 1986 to 1991) had at his side an internationally recognized Music Director in the person of Claudio Abaddo. In the early 90s the former star baritone Eberhard Waechter, at that time General Director of the Volksoper, was appointed. He was only to be General Director for seven months.
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