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Erich Kleiber
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Erich Kleiber was an Austrian-born conductor.
Born in Vienna, Kleiber studied in Prague. In 1923, after conducting a stirring performance of Beethoven's Fidelio at the Berlin State Opera, he became that institution's music director.
He was known for his interpretations of the standard symphonic and operatic repertoire, as well as for championing new works. In 1925, for example, he conducted the premiere of Alban Berg's opera, Wozzeck. When Berg's second opera Lulu was branded Entartete Musik (degenerate music) by the Nazi Party, Kleiber resigned from his post at the Berlin Opera in protest. He was not Jewish. Kleiber also repudiated his contract with La Scala in Milan in April of 1939, saying that "...[since] la Scala is denied for Jews...both as a Christian and an artist, I can no longer cooperate."
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