Franz Allers
Franz Allers (August 6, 1905 - January 26, 1995) was a European-American conductor of
Early life
Franz Allers was born in Carlsbad, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) in 1905. He started playing the violin at the age of 7. In 1920, he moved to Berlin, where he became a violinist in the Berlin Philharmonic. He had a distinguished career in Europe as an opera and symphonic conductor.[1]
Career
In 1947, Allers conducted the original Broadway production of Brigadoon. He conducted the original 1951 Broadway production of Paint Your Wagon.[2] He was the music director for My Darlin' Aida the following year, and in 1954 he conducted the score for the animated film Hansel & Gretel.[3] Allers conducted the score to the original Broadway production of My Fair Lady in 1957, and would go on to win the Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director.
Allers received a nomination at the
In 1961, Allers conducted the original Broadway production of Camelot, which won him a second Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director. On October 1, 1961, a German translation of My Fair Lady opened at the Theater des Westens in Berlin, conducted by Allers.[5][6]
Personal life
Allers moved to the United States in 1938. He met his first wife, singer Carolyn Shaffer, in
In 1995, Allers died from complications from pneumonia at the Desert Springs Hospital in
According to his New York Times obituary, "Allers, along with the conductor Maurice Abravanel, 'completely revised the standards of Broadway pit work,' demanding the highest quality from both the orchestra players and the singers."[9]
Awards and nominations
- 1957 Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director – My Fair Lady
- 1960 Best Recording for Children – Hansel & Gretel[4]
- 1961 Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director – Camelot
References
- ^ "Franz Allers, 89, a Conductor And Broadway Musical Director". The New York Times. January 28, 1995.
- ^ "Franz Allers – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB".
- ^ "Franz Allers". IMDb.
- ^ a b "Grammy Award Nominees 1959 - Grammy Award Winners 1959".
- ^ Peter E. Müller (July 31, 2006). "Karin Hübner (1936-2006)". Die Welt (The World). Retrieved February 11, 2017. (in German)
- ^ Birgit Walter (October 22, 2011). "Theater des Westens Ein Million für diese Lady" [Theater of the West – A Million For This Lady]. Berliner Zeitung. (in German)
- ^ "Franz Allers".
- ^ "Janne Furch". IMDb.
- ^ a b "Franz Allers, 89, a Conductor And Broadway Musical Director". The New York Times. January 28, 1995. p. 10. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
External links
- Franz Allers at IMDb
- Franz Allers at the Internet Broadway Database