Ernst Marzendorfer
Ernst Märzendorfer, born May 26, 1921, in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, was
an Austrian conductor and composer. He studied in Graz under Robert Wagner and
at the Mozarteum Salzburg under Clemens Krauss, debuting as a conductor in 1940
at the Grazer Oper. His international career included roles as chief conductor
of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg from 1953 to 1958 and as a guest conductor at
the Wiener Staatsoper, where he debuted with Rigoletto in 1959. His operatic
repertoire comprised over eighty works, and he conducted operas by composers who
included Wolfgang Amadeus Moza...
