Otto Lohse was a German

Germany

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 conductor and composer.

Born in Dresden

Dresden

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, Lohse studied with Hans Richter

Hans Richter (conductor)

Hans Richter was an Austrian orchestral and operatic conductor.-Biography:Richter was born in Raab , Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire. His mother was opera-singer Jozsefa Csazenszky. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory...

 and Felix Draeseke

Felix Draeseke

Felix August Bernhard Draeseke was a composer of the "New German School" admiring Liszt and Richard Wagner. He wrote compositions in most forms including eight operas and stage works, four symphonies, and much vocal and chamber music.-Life:Felix Draeseke was born in the Franconian ducal town of...

 at the Dresden Conservatory. In 1882 he became conductor of two music societies in Riga

Riga

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, the Wagner Society and the Imperial Russian Music Society; seven year's later he became the first kapellmeister

Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making. The word is a compound, consisting of the roots Kapelle and Meister . The words Kapelle and Meister derive from the Latin: capella and magister...

of the city's Stadttheater

Latvian National Opera

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. In 1893 he became director of the Hamburg

Hamburg

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 Stadttheater; while in Hamburg he married singer Katharina Klafsky

Katharina Klafsky

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. The couple traveled to the United States

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 in 1896 to join the Damrosch Opera Company

Damrosch Opera Company

The Damrosch Opera Company was an American opera company which existed from 1894 until 1900.The company was organized by Walter Damrosch, and was meant to present German opera; in this capacity it did much to advance the cause of Richard Wagner's music in the United States...

, returning to Germany a year later. From then on, Lohse held important conductorial posts at Strassburg (1897-1904), Riga Stadttheater

Latvian National Opera

The Latvian National Opera , Riga, is the national opera of Latvia. The opera company includes the Latvian National Ballet , LNO Chorus, and LNO Orchestra.-History:...

 (1899-1900), Cologne

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 (1903-11), the Théâtre de la Monnaie (1911-12), and the Stadttheater in Leipzig

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 (1912-23). He also directed performances of Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...

's music dramas at Covent Garden

Covent Garden

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, London

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, from 1901 until 1904. Lohse received the honorary title of Royal Professor in 1916. His only opera, Der Prinz wider Willen, was performed in Riga in 1890.

Lohse died in Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden

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in 1925.