Bavarian State Opera - General Music Directors

General Music Directors

  • 1836–1867 Franz Lachner
  • 1867–1869 Hans von Bülow
  • 1870–1877 Franz Wüllner
  • 1872–1896 Hermann Levi
  • 1894–1896 Richard Strauss
  • 1896–1898 Max Erdmannsdörfer
  • 1898–1902 Bernhard Stavenhagen
  • 1901–1903 Hermann Zumpe
  • 1904–1911 Felix Mottl
  • 1913–1922 Bruno Walter
  • 1922–1935 Hans Knappertsbusch
  • 1937–1944 Clemens Krauss
  • 1945 Hans Knappertsbusch
  • 1946–1952 Georg Solti
  • 1952–1954 Rudolf Kempe
  • 1956–1958 Ferenc Fricsay
  • 1959–1968 Joseph Keilberth
  • 1971–1992 Wolfgang Sawallisch
  • 1992–1998 Peter Schneider, interim
  • 1998–2006 Zubin Mehta
  • 2006–present Kent Nagano

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