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Georges Prêtre

Born in Waziers (Nord) on August 14, 1924, and died in Navès (Tarn) on January 4, 2017, French conductor Georges Prêtre led some of Europe's greatest orchestras from the 1960s onwards: the Orchestre de l'Opéra Garnier in Paris, La Scala Opera in Milan and the Vienna Philharmonic (1986-1991), among others. His operatic and symphonic repertoire includes the great Italian lyric dramas(Lucia di Lammermoor, Tosca), Frenchoperas (Bizet'sCarmen, Les Pêcheurs de perles; Gounod's Faust ; Massenet's Werther ) and works by composers of the first half of the 20th century, especially Francis ...
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