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Biography

Peter Schneider, born in 1939 in Vienna, Austria, is an Austrian conductor specializing in German operatic repertoire. He was a member of the Vienna Boys' Choir and studied composition and conducting at the Academy of Music in Vienna under Karl Schiske and Hans Swarowsky. He began his career at age 20 as a répétiteur at the Landestheater Salzburg and served as Kapellmeister at the Stadttheater Heidelberg from 1961 to 1968. He became First Kapellmeister at Deutsche Oper am Rhein and directed the Bremen Philharmonic from 1978 to 1985. Schneider made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 1981 directing Der fliegende Holländer, and subsequently directed Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde. In 1997, he was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, first class.
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  2.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3 - "Höchstes Vertraun hast du mir schon zu danken" featuring Cheryl Studer
  3.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3 - "Atmest du nicht mit mir die süßen Düfte?" featuring Cheryl Studer
  4.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3 - "Fühl' ich zu dir so süß mein Herz entbrennen" featuring Cheryl Studer
  5.   Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: "La ran la le ra ... Largo al factotum della città" (Figaro) featuring Thomas Hampson
  6.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3 - "Das süße Lied verhallt" featuring Cheryl Studer
  7.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3 - "Treulich geführt ziehet dahin" by Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
  8.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3 - "Mein lieber Schwan!" featuring Cheryl Studer
  9.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3 - "In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten" featuring Cheryl Studer
  10.   Carmen : Acte I. Habanera « L'amour est un oiseau rebelle » featuring Nicolai Gedda
  11.   Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3: "Macht Platz dem Helden von Brabant!" by Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
  12.   Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3: "Heil König Heinrich!" by Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
  13.   Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3: "Weh, nun ist all unser Glück dahin!" featuring Cheryl Studer
  14.   Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3: Prelude to Act III by Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
  15.   Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 2: "Mein Held, entgegne kühn dem Ungetreuen" featuring Cheryl Studer
  16.   Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 2: "Welch ein Geheimnis muß der Held bewahren?" featuring Cheryl Studer
  17.   Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 2: "O König! Trugbetörte Fürsten! Haltet ein!" by Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
  18.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 2 - "Wie kann ich solche Huld dir lohnen" featuring Cheryl Studer
  19.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 2 - "Euch Lüften, die mein klagen" featuring Cheryl Studer
  20.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 1 - "Zum Kampf für eine Magd zu stehen" featuring Cheryl Studer
  21.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 1 - "Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan!" by Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
  22.   Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act 1: Song to the Moon. "Mesicku na nebi hlubokém" (Rusalka) featuring Stefan Soltész
  23.   Aida: Se quel guerrier io fossi .... Celeste Aida featuring Riccardo Muti
  24.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 1 - "Mich irret nicht ihr träumerischer Mut" featuring Cheryl Studer
  25.   Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 1 - "Einsam in trüben Tagen" featuring Cheryl Studer
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