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Karl Böhm in Rehearsal and Performance: Vol. 1: Don Juan (Wiener Philharmoniker) (1970)

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Overview

Acclaimed Austrian maestro Karl Böhm rehearses with the Vienna Philharmonic and leads the orchestra in a 1970 performance of composer Richard Strauss’s “Don Juan, Op. 20” in this film, which captures Bohm’s rehearsal and conducting techniques. Bohm, who was a friend of Strauss, regularly revived his operas and was an expert in interpreting the German composer’s music, is seen here at his conducting best at the Musikvereinssaal.

Length 66 minutes

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