The Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor is an Austrian mixed choir of classical music and is formed by members from the Chor der Wiener Staatsoper.
History In 1927, Viktor Maiwald, a chorus member of the Vienna State Opera, founded the Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus in order to give the ensemble a stage presence outside the house – in the style of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which had already become independent in 1842 from the Vienna State Opera Orchestra for its own external concerts.Andrea Harrandt: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor. In Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon. Online-Edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ; Print-Edition: Vol. 3, Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften presses, Vienna 2004, .
The choir is organised in self-administration and elects four board members, in detail a treasurer, managing director, secretary and the executive board, as well as an extended board consisting of eight voice representatives of the individual voice groups to represent their interests. who also perform representative tasks. Since its founding, the Concert Association has also appointed its own concert director from conductors with close ties to it. These include Karl Böhm, Claudio Abbado and three-time Clemens Krauss.
The choir accepts engagements for television productions, recordings and concerts. Especially the intensive participation with several simultaneous productions at the Salzburg Festival make it necessary under certain circumstances to recruit substitutes, who are selected for reinforcement after the audition selection procedure.
Concert directors Year Conductor Country from until19271931Franz Schalk 19311934Clemens Krauss 19351936Felix Weingartner 19361938Bruno Walter | 19391945Clemens Krauss 19451947Josef Krips 19491954Clemens Krauss 19541981Karl Böhm 19872002Claudio Abbado 2002Seiji Ozawa
Recordings (selection) Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande conductor Claudio Abbado Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem conductor Carlo Maria Giulini Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem conductor Karl Böhm Richard Wagner: Lohengrin conductor Claudio Abbado Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera conductor Herbert von Karajan
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External links
Official homepage https://www.konzertvereinigung-staatsopernchor.at