The Austrian conductor Carlos Kleiber, who died July 13 in Slovenia, was a thrilling enigma in classical music. He was among the most lauded and sought-after conductors of opera, and his recordings of ...

A documentary about the life and career of the conductor Carlos Kleiber Featuring interviews with Placido Domingo Brigitte Fassbaender Manfred Honeck Michael Gielen and others On the 11th July 2004 ...

Austrian-Argentine conductor Carlos Kleiber, dubbed one of the greatest and most difficult conductors of his time, died at age 74 last week, Austrian state television reported Monday. Kleiber was ...

Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado…. Manfred Honeck, music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, mentioned the names of legendary ...

Carlos Kleiber, a conductor whose brilliant interpretations of opera and a limited symphonic repertoire were surpassed only by his eccentric, often baffling behavior, died July 13 under a typical ...

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World famous conductor Carlos Kleiber died on July 13 after a long illness. He was 74. Kleiber was probably the most exciting and inspiring conductor of the second half of the 20th century. If he were ...

The third movement of the Symphony No. 4 by Brahms, Carlos Kleiber conducting the Bayerisches Staatsorchester. There are so many good things about this performance, but one thing I especially like is ...

Austrian classical conductor Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was as eccentric and reclusive as he was brilliant, persistently and obstreperously declining to participate in the international music ...

German-born Austrian conductor Carlos Kleiber gestures during a rehearsal of the opera "Tristain and Isolde" composed by Richard Wagner, staged by August Everding on July 10, 1974 in Bayreuth, Germany ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Carlos Kleiber, the celebrated perfectionist conductor whose mystique grew partly out of the rarity of his performances, has died. He was 74. Kleiber died last Tuesday after ...