Artur Bodanzky
Artur Bodanzky (also written as Artur Bodzansky) (16 December 1877 – 23 November 1939) was an Austrian-American conductor particularly associated with the operas of Wagner. He conducted Enrico Caruso's last performance at the Metropolitan Opera House on Christmas Eve 1920. The son of Jewish merchants, Bodanzky studied the violin and composition with Alexander Zemlinsky. Bodanzky then became conducting assistant to Gustav Mahler in Vienna, later going on to jobs in Berlin, the Neues Deutsches Theater in Prague (August 1907), where he was briefly a colleague of Otto Klemperer and Mannheim. In 1915 he emigrated to the United States to work for the Metropolitan Opera, being replaced at Mannheim by Wilhelm Furtwängler. He was head of German repertory at the Met, being accepted by Arturo Toscanini on the recommendation of Ferruccio Busoni. In 1921 he was engaged by the New York Philharmonic as a guest conductor. In 1928, Bodanzky announced his resignation from the Met and was replaced by Joseph Rosenstock. However, Rosenstock received such criticism in the press that he himself resigned almost immediately on medical advice, and Bodanzky was rehired, and remained at the Met until his death in 1939. He was approached by Thomas Beecham to conduct at Covent Garden in 1936, but his requested fee of £250 for each performance was considered exorbitant. |
Birth and Death Data: Born December 16, 1877 (Vienna), Died November 23, 1939 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1918
Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 49331 | 12-in. | 3/8/1918 | Madame Butterfly : Selections | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 49332 | 12-in. | 3/8/1918 | Madame Butterfly : Selection | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 49334 | 12-in. | 3/12/1918 | Dance of the hours : Excerpts | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 49335 | 12-in. | 3/12/1918 | Faust : Ballet music | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 49336 | 12-in. | 3/12/1918 | Faust : Ballet music | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 49337 | 12-in. | 3/12/1918 | Coronation march | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 49344 | 12-in. | 3/15/1918 | Carmen : Selections | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 49345 | 12-in. | 3/18/1918 | Pagliacci : Selections | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 49360 | 12-in. | 3/26/1918 | Il trovatore : Selection | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 49361 | 12-in. | 3/26/1918 | Wine, women and song | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 49362 | 12-in. | 3/26/1918 | The skaters | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 49365 | 12-in. | 4/1/1918 | Aïda : March | Artur Bodanzky ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia | 49366 | 12-in. | 4/1/1918 | Rigoletto : Selections | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bodanzky, Artur," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108718.
Bodanzky, Artur. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108718.
"Bodanzky, Artur." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Bodanzky, Artur, 1877-1939 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89002518
Wikidata: Artur Bodanzky - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q714276
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/59288996
MusicBrainz: Artur Bodanzky - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3cd4c054-8542-4294-9e23-a3384aabc411
ISNI: 0000 0000 8138 6865 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000081386865
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