Otto Nossan Klemperer was a German conductor and composer, originally based in Germany, and then the United States, Hungary and finally, Great Britain. He began his career as an opera conductor, but he was later better known as a conductor of symphonic music.
Klemperer c. 1920
Kroll Opera House, 1930
Arnold Schoenberg gave Klemperer composition lessons
The Hungarian State Opera, where Klemperer was musical director, 1947–1950
The Kroll Opera House in Berlin, Germany, was in the Tiergarten district on the western edge of the Königsplatz square, facing the Reichstag building. It was built in 1844 as an entertainment venue for the restaurant owner Joseph Kroll, and redeveloped as an opera house in 1851. It also served as the assembly hall of the Reichstag from 1933 to 1942. Severely damaged by the bombing of Berlin in World War II and the Battle of Berlin, it was demolished in 1951.
The Kroll Opera House, about 1850
Poster in celebration of the 25 years jubilee, 1869
Opera house in 1930
Hitler declares war on the United States in front of the Reichstag delegates on 11 December 1941