Leitner, Ferdinand

Performer

Ferdinand Leitner (4 March 1912 in Berlin – 3 June 1996 in Zürich) was a German conductor. Leitner studied under Franz Schreker, Julius Prüwer, Artur Schnabel and Karl Muck. He also was a composition student with Robert Kahn. Starting as a pianist, through the help of Fritz Busch, he became a conductor in the 1930s. He was conductor of the Nollendorfplatz Theater in Berlin from 1943 to 1945; inHannover from 1945 to 1946; in Munchen from 1946 to 1947; and the General Music Director of the Württemberg State Opera house (German "Staatstheater Stuttgart") in Stuttgart from 1947 until 1969. To honour him, the city of Stuttgart has named a pedestrian bridge, that connects the Upper part (where the Staatstheater is located) and the Central part of the "Schlossgarten" (castle) park), after him (Ferdinand-Leitner-Steg).  [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• The Barber of Seville
• A Masked Ball
• Rigoletto
• Alcina, HWV 34
• The Shepherd King, K. 208
• The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
• Don Giovanni, K. 527
• Rienzi, WWV 49
• Tannhauser, WWV 70
• The Ring of the Nibelung, WWV 86: The Valkyrie, WWV 86B
• The Ring of the Nibelung, WWV 86: Siegfried, WWV 86C
• Tristan and Isolde, WWV 90
• The Master-Singers of Nuremberg, WWV 96
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
• Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
• Piano concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 - Emperor
• Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major, K. 246 - Lutzow
• Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat major, K. 449
• Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
• Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
• Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595
• Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
• Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 - Turkish
• Mignon
• The Merry Wives of Windsor
• Tsar and Carpenter, LoWV 38
• Serenade in D major, K. 250 - Haffner
• Serenade in D major, K. 320 - Posthorn
• Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a, Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (Weekly Playlist 2015.12.18)
• The Nutcracker (Suite), Op. 71a
• Capriccio italien, Op. 45
• The Girl from Arles Suite No. 1, WD 40
• Magnificat in D major, BWV 243