Bertrand de Billy

Bertrand de Billy

Bertrand de Billy (born Paris, 11 January 1965) is a French and Swiss conductor. He attended a Jesuit school, but only started serious musical studies when he was around 14–15; he studied piano and violin. After his career as an instrumental musician, de Billy began his conducting career in Paris. He later moved to Germany and built up his career as an opera conductor. His professional operatic conducting debut was for Verdi's La Traviata in Oviedo, Spain, in 1991, replacing a conductor at short notice. He was the Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) at the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau from 1993 to 1995. At the Vienna Volksoper, he held the post of first conductor from 1996 to 1998. From 1999 to 2004, de Billy was chief conductor of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, after the reopening of the theatre. De Billy conducts mostly from memory, although he usually has the score in front of him in case problems occur. He prefers the smaller opera theatres (Theater an der Wien, Châtelet, Garnier), where more intimacy can be found with the audience. Since 2002, de Billy has served as chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO Wien). His performances with the orchestra have included opera productions at the OsterKlang festival and at the summer festival KlangBogen Wien. His recordings with the RSO Wien have included Eugen d'Albert's Tiefland. De Billy has had disputes with management over funding and the continuing status of the orchestra. In January 2009, the RSO Wien announced the appointment of Cornelius Meister as its seventh chief conductor, effective with the 2010–2011 season. Source: Article "Bertrand de Billy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Bertrand de Billy
  • Popularity: 0.283
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1965-01-11
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
  • Homepage: https://debilly.com/
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Bertrand de Billy Movies

  • 2018
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    Massenet: Cendrillon

    Massenet: Cendrillon

    1 2018 HD

    The 2017–18 Live in HD season concluded with an enchanted performance of Cendrillon, Massenet’s glittering operatic adaptation of the...

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  • 2018
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    The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller

    The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller

    10 2018 HD

    Premiered immediately before the enduring masterpieces Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata, Luisa Miller incorporates the youthful vitality that...

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  • 2017
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    Don Carlo - ROH

    Don Carlo - ROH

    1 2017 HD

    Bertrand de Billy conducts a cast led by Bryan Hymel and Kristin Lewis in Nicholas Hytner’s acclaimed production of Verdi’s opera on...

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  • 2008
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    Mozart: Don Giovanni

    Mozart: Don Giovanni

    1 2008 HD

    A striking interpretation of Mozart's opera that became a sensation at the 2008 Salzburg Festival. This is not only a rethinking of the place and...

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  • 2009
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    Lucrezia Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia

    1 2009 HD

    Live from Munich 2009

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  • 2005
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    Wagner - Das Rheingold

    Wagner - Das Rheingold

    1 2005 HD

    The prologue to Wagner's giant masterpiece Der Ring des Nibelungen unfolds the beginning of an epic journey when Alberich seizes the ring of gold,...

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  • 2005
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    Wagner - Die Walkure

    Wagner - Die Walkure

    1 2005 HD

    Where Das Rheingold introduces us to the gods, underworld denizens, and giants who inhabit the world of Wagner's Ring cycle, the second of the four...

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  • 2009
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    Mozart: Don Giovanni

    Mozart: Don Giovanni

    1 2009 HD

    Calixto Bieito's famously controversial 2002 production of Mozart's great opera sets the action in the late twentieth century and brings to life an...

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  • 2006
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    Wagner - Siegfried

    Wagner - Siegfried

    1 2006 HD

    In the third work of Wagner's epic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegmund's shattered sword is forged once again and kills the dragon that guards...

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  • 2011
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    Cendrillon

    Cendrillon

    1 2011 HD

    Massenet composed his opera about Cenerentola nearly 80 years after Rossini did his. And if you are looking for the outburst of the non-stop hilarity...

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  • 2005
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    Wagner - Götterdämmerung

    Wagner - Götterdämmerung

    1 2005 HD

    Musically, Götterdämmerung, like its predecessors in this Barcelona production, has strengths and flaws. Fortunately, Kupfer's...

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  • 2004
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    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    1 2004 HD

    Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide...

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  • 2017
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    Bizet: Carmen

    Bizet: Carmen

    1 2017 HD

    With a devilish sway of the hips and a hint of Andalusian flair, Carmen, the beautiful cigar-maker sets her sights on a soldier: Don José....

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  • 2016
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    Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride

    Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride

    1 2016 HD

    In order to fulfil the oracle’s prediction, Iphigénie must kill any stranger landing on the shores of Tauride. Alas, it is Oreste,...

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  • 2008
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    La Bohème

    La Bohème

    9 2008 HD

    Giacomo Puccini's immortal opera, in a high budget feature-film version directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm, stars opera's 'Golden...

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  • 2018
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    The Metropolitan Opera: Cendrillon

    The Metropolitan Opera: Cendrillon

    1 2018 HD

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  • 1987
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    Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

    1 1987 HD

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