Kurt Adler
Born: 1st March 1907, Neuhaus, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic)
Died: 21st September 1977, Butler, New Jersey, United States
Nationality: Austrian/Czech
Kurt Adler was an Austrian classical chorus master, music conductor, author and pianist. He was best known as the chorus master and lead conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1943 to 1973. He conducted in Austria, Germany, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, United States, Canada, Mexico, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.
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