Egon Hilbert
Encyclopedia
Egon Hilbert was an Austria
n opera
/theatre director.
, Austria
where he would later study law and philosophy at the Universität Wien.
In 1938, he was arrested by the Nazis and interned at Dachau concentration camp. In 1945, he was made provisional director of the Salzburger Landestheaters and attempted a reorganisation of the Salzburg Festival. From 1946 to 1953, he was chief of the Austrian Kulturinstituts. From 1959, he was general director of the Vienna Festival, and from 1963 until his death in 1968, he was the director of the Vienna State Opera.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
/theatre director.
Biography
Hilbert was born in ViennaVienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
where he would later study law and philosophy at the Universität Wien.
In 1938, he was arrested by the Nazis and interned at Dachau concentration camp. In 1945, he was made provisional director of the Salzburger Landestheaters and attempted a reorganisation of the Salzburg Festival. From 1946 to 1953, he was chief of the Austrian Kulturinstituts. From 1959, he was general director of the Vienna Festival, and from 1963 until his death in 1968, he was the director of the Vienna State Opera.
Honors and awards
- Officer of the Académie françaiseAcadémie françaiseL'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
- Goldene Ehrenmedaille der Stadt Wien