Furtwängler Conduts Juan José Castro "Oberatura una opera comica (Overture an opera comic)"

Juan José Castro: Oberatura una opera comica (Overture an opera comic)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtäwngler
Orchestra: Theatro Colon Orchestra
Date: 5 May 1950 Live in Buenos Aires Theatro Colon

Juan José Castro (March 7, 1895 -- September 3, 1968) was an Argentine composer and conductor.

Born in Avellaneda, Castro studied piano and violin under Manuel Posadas and composition under Eduarno Fornarini, in Buenos Aires. In the 1920s he was awarded the Europa Prize, and then went on to study in Paris at the Schola Cantorum under Vincent d'Indy and Édouard Risler. Returning to Buenos Aires in 1925, he was named conductor of the Renacimiento Chamber Orchestra in 1928 and the Teatro Colón in 1930. From 1939 to 1943 he was a professor at the Buenos Aires Conservatory.

Castro's international career began in the 1940s. In 1947 he conducted the Havana Philharmonic, and the Sodre Orchestra in Uruguay in 1949. In 1952-53 he was the conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (then known as the Victorian Symphony Orchestra) in Australia.[1] He returned to the Americas and conducted the National Symphony in Buenos Aires from 1956-1960. From 1960 to 1964, he was director of the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico.

Castro's brothers, José María and Washington, were also both composers. Juan José Castro married the daughter of the composer Julián Aguirre. He died in Buenos Aires in 1968, aged 73.
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[CaptainBluebear08]

Exceptional, nyanko. Your Channel is a continuous joy.

Never knew that WF did this kind of music too

Michael Gielen must have coöperated in this production, I'm quite sure.

: )

[nyankothecat]

@CaptainBluebear08 Thank you for the comment. I find this recording to took some time. However, one of the few twentieth-century music left by Furtwängler, and thus grateful to hear works by South American composers as well. Indeed, it is involved Gielen on this concert would be highly likely, and thanks for the suggestion! !

[HechtSeupel]

Excellent music and lecture by Furtwängler!!! Light and accurately this version by the Teatro Colón Orchestra!... but this work belongs to José María Castro (1892-1964), brother of Juan José. It was composed in 1934 and the correct title is "Obertura para una ópera cómica". Thank you for sharing!!!