Holender Ioan - Close Up

Holender Ioan - Close Up -

This book on one of the most acclaimed opera houses in the world and one of the longest-serving and most renowned opera directors provides glimpses of how opera really works Exciting, sensual and intriguing - the backstage stories from the world of opera, about stars from Placido Domingo to Anna Netrebko Double-spread pictures of all 118 premieres during Ioan Holender's time as director of the Vienna State Opera and facsimile prints of the original playbills make this book an extraordinary document A unique gift book of sumptuous design, a must-have for all opera lovers! Ioan Holender war 19 Jahre Direktor der Wiener Staatsoper und erinnert sich an alle 118 Premieren seiner Direktionszeit. Ioan Holender (born Johann Hollaender, Hebrew: יואן הולנדר‎‎, born 18 July 1935) is a Romanian born Austrian opera baritone and administrator. Holender was born in Timişoara, Romania. His family is of Jewish ancestry, and growing up, he spoke three languages. His father owned a factory in Timișoara, which was expropriated in 1948. Holender studied mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic University of Timișoara. He worked as a tennis coach and a director's assistant until he and his family emigrated to Austria, where his mother was residing. He intended to continue his engineering studies, but became interested in singing. After completing his music studies, he was an operatic baritone and concert singer with the Klagenfurt Stadttheater. In 1966, he began to work at the Starka theatrical agency, which he eventually took over and whose prestige he increased. ! Uwagi: Etui lekko zakurzone i pobrudzone. Oprawa nieznacznie porysowana. Brzegi stron lekko zakurzone.