Sir Rudolph Bing

Sir Rudolph Bing (January 9, 1902 РSeptember 2, 1997) was an Austrian-born operatic impresario. Bing was general manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for 22 years (1950 Р1972). This image is a book cover. ... This image is a book cover. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The foyer of Charles Garniers Op̩ra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... An impresario is a manager or producer in one of the entertainment industries, usually music or theatre. ... The Metropolitan Opera is located at Lincoln Center in New York, New York. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...

Born in Vienna to a well-to-do and musical family, Bing studied at the University of Vienna and as a young man worked in theatrical and concert agencies. In 1927 he went to Berlin, Germany and subsequently served as general manager of opera houses in that city and in Darmstadt. Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... University of Vienna, main building, seen from Beethovens apartment The University of Vienna (German: Universität Wien) in Austria was founded in 1365 by Rudolph IV and hence named Alma mater Rudolphina. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... Map of Germany showing Darmstadt Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hesse in Germany. ...

In 1934, with the rise of Nazi Germany, Bing moved to Great Britain. There he helped to found the Glyndebourne Festival and, after the war, organized the Edinburgh Festival. 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Glyndebourne is a country house near Lewes in East Sussex, England. ... The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland over three weeks at the end of August. ...

In 1949 he went to the United States, where he was appointed general manager of the Met the following year. During his tenure, he opened the house to African Americans, with Leontyne Price as the most prominent example. He also supervised the move of the old Metropolitan to its new quarters in Lincoln Center. 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Tenure commonly refers to academic tenure systems, in which professors (at the university level)—and in some jurisdictions schoolteachers (at primary or secondary school levels)—are granted the right not to be fired without cause after an initial probationary period. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... The soprano Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an African American opera singer. ... Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 15 acre (61,000 m²) complex of buildings in New York City which serves as home for 12 arts companies. ...

Knighted in 1983, Bing wrote two books, 5000 Nights at the Opera and A Knight at the Opera. He died of respiratory failure in Yonkers, New York, aged 95. 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Respiratory failure is a medical term for inadequate gas exchange by the respiratory system. ... Yonkers, bordering the New York City borough of the Bronx and just 2 miles north of Manhattan at the closest point of each, is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of New York, with a population of 196,086 (according to the 2000 census). ...

External link

• Bing anecdotes