Georges Sébastian was a French conductor of Hungarian birth, particularly associated with Wagner and the post-romantic repertory. He was born in Budapest and died in La Hauteville.
Born György Sebestyén, he studied first the piano and violin in his native Budapest, before turning to composition. He then worked with Leo Weiner, Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók. In 1921, he was engaged as répétiteur at the Munich State Opera, where he worked with Bruno Walter and became his assistant conductor the following year.
He then spent one season from 1923–24 as assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he was heard as pianist. Upon his return in Europe, he conducted at the opera houses of Hamburg and Leipzig, before becoming first conductor at the Städtische Oper Berlin. He then became musical director of the Moscow Radio and Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1935, he conducted there the first performance of the original version of Moussorgsky's opera, Boris Godunov.
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Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I Scene 5: No. 5. Cavatina, "Una voce poco fa" (Rosina) (Live Recording, Paris, 19 December 1958)
Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Georges Sébastian, Maria Callas, and Gioacchino Rossini
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Il trovatore, Act IV Scene 1: No. 12c. "Miserere d'un'alma già vicina ... Quel suon, quelle preci solenni, funeste ... Ah, che la morte ognora" (Chorus, Leonora, Manrico)
Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Georges Sébastian, Maria Callas, Choeur de l'Opéra national de Paris, Albert Lance, and Giuseppe Verdi
Norma, Act I Scene 4: Preghiera, "Casta diva" (Norma, Chorus)Georges Sebastian, Maria Callas, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, and Choeur de l'Opéra National de Paris • 28M views
Miserere - IL Trovatore, Maria CallasGeorges Sebastian, Maria Callas, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, Albert Lance, and Choeur de l'Opéra National de Paris • 1.2K views
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J. Strauss II, La chauve-souris, Ouverture (Scott Brothers Duo)OPRL live! • 847 views
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