Hans Oppenheim ( Berlin, 25 April 1892 – Edinburgh, 19 August 1965) was a German-born conductor. [1] He was son of the Jewish German neurologist Hermann Oppenheim.
Oppenheim emigrated to England and was first assistant to Fritz Busch at Glyndebourne Opera from c. 1935; [2] after Busch took from him the position of assistant conductor, he was director of the Dartington Hall Music Group, 1937–1945, [3] then conductor of the English Opera Group, 1946, and associate conductor of the Glyndebourne Opera at the Edinburgh Festival, 1949, as well as co-founder of the Saltire Music Group in 1950 with Isobel Dunlop. [4]
Hans Oppenheim ( Berlin, 25 April 1892 – Edinburgh, 19 August 1965) was a German-born conductor. [1] He was son of the Jewish German neurologist Hermann Oppenheim.
Oppenheim emigrated to England and was first assistant to Fritz Busch at Glyndebourne Opera from c. 1935; [2] after Busch took from him the position of assistant conductor, he was director of the Dartington Hall Music Group, 1937–1945, [3] then conductor of the English Opera Group, 1946, and associate conductor of the Glyndebourne Opera at the Edinburgh Festival, 1949, as well as co-founder of the Saltire Music Group in 1950 with Isobel Dunlop. [4]