Wilhelm Schüchter

Wilhelm Schüchter (15 December 1911 – 27 May 1974) was a German conductor. Between 1959 and 1962, he was the music director of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo and is credited for raising its standards to an international level. He was Generalmusikdirektor in Dortmund from 1962 until his death. He opened the new opera house in 1966 with Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, and conducted the world premiere of the opera Eli by Walter Steffens after the drama of Nelly Sachs in 1967. He left a legacy of opera recordings, especially of excerpts sung in German.

The Centenary Album - 2025-07-08T00:00:00.000000Z

A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances - 2025-05-18T00:00:00.000000Z

"Winter Dreams" - Tchaikovsky Masterpieces - 2025-04-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Smetana: The Moldau & Other Masterpieces - 2024-03-06T00:00:00.000000Z

The Most Famous Melodies in Classical Music - 2020-12-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Opera in German, Vol. 1 - 2020-05-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Concert of the Birds - 2019-11-29T00:00:00.000000Z

The Blackest Bass: Gottlob Frick Portrait - 2019-05-17T00:00:00.000000Z

The Symphony Lounge, Vol. 9: Richard Wagner Orchestra Music - 2019-05-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven Hits - 2019-04-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Birds in Classical Music - 2019-03-15T00:00:00.000000Z

The Symphony Lounge, Vol. 5: Scheherazade – Glinka, Tchaikovsky & Rimsky-Korsakov (Remastered 2018) - 2018-10-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Die schönsten Opernarien - 2018-05-04T00:00:00.000000Z

The Great Conductors: Wilhelm Schüchter – Proms Night at the F.F.B - 2018-04-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Opera Classics - 2017-05-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Opera Arias - 2016-11-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Classical Music Featured In James Bond Films - 2016-01-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Operetten: Gala - 2015-11-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Operetten: Gala - 2015-11-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Classical Music from the Movies - 2015-09-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Auber: Fra Diavolo, S. 18 (Sung in German) - 2015-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Marschner: Hans Heiling, Op. 80 (Recorded 1950) - 2015-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 (Recorded 1953) - 2015-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Das Land des Lächelns - Best of Lehár (Inspiration) - 2015-01-23T00:00:00.000000Z

The Vienna Debut (Live) - 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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