Peter Schneider

PETER SCHNEIDER was born in Vienna and joined the Wiener Sangerknaben at the age of eight, later he studied at the Vienna Music Academy (composition and conducting). First he was répétiteur, director of studies and Kapellmeister in Salzburg and Heidelberg, later first Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where he worked on nearly the entire opera repertoire. In 1978 he became GMD in Bremen. He has regularly conducted in Bayreuth since 1981. After having worked in Bremen, he became opera and General Music Director in Mannheim for two years. In 1993/1994 he became Chief Conductor of the Bayerische Staatsoper and the Bayerische Staatsorchester. He worked there for five years and remains Permanent Guest Conductor at the Bayerische Staatsoper. In 1995 he made his debut at the Met. He made his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in 1984 with Der Rosenkavalier and is honorary member of the house on the ring. He has conducted (selection) Capriccio, Salome, Don Giovanni, Nozze di Figaro, Fidelio, Zauberflöte, Fliegender Holländer, Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Ring des Nibelungen, Parsifal, Tristan und Isolde, Frau ohne Schatten, Palestrina.