Rudolph Bing (1902–1997)
Author of 5000 Nights at the Opera: The Memoirs of Sir Rudolf Bing
About the Author
Image credit: Uncredited photo at weblaopera.com
Works by Rudolph Bing
5000 Abenden in der Oper 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bing, Rudolph
- Legal name
- Bing, Rudolph Franz Joseph
- Birthdate
- 1902-01-09
- Date of death
- 1997-09-02
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Vienna, Austria
- Occupations
- director
- Organizations
- Metropolitan Opera
Glyndeborne Opera
Edinburgh Festival - Awards and honors
- Knight Bachelor (1971)
Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (1973) - Nationality
- Austria
Germany
UK - Birthplace
- Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Places of residence
- Berlin, Germany
UK
New York, New York, USA - Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Burial location
- Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- New York, New York, USA
Members
Reviews
For 22 years, Sir Rudolf Bing was the Metropolitan Opera. As its General Manager, he ran the place with an iron hand, and woe betide diva or conductor or anyone who crossed him.
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- Works
- 3
- Members
- 177
- Popularity
- #121,426
- Rating
- 4.4
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 8
- Languages
- 2