| LC control no. | n 81050759 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML429.B52 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997 |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: Glydebourne Festival Opera Founded corporate body of person: Edinburgh International Festival |
| Associated country | Austria Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1902-01-09 |
| Death date | 1997-09-02 |
| Place of birth | Vienna (Austria) |
| Place of death | Yonkers (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Impresarios |
| Found in | Metropolitan Opera gala honoring Sir Rudolf Bing. [Phonodisc] 1972. New Grove dict. of opera (Bing, Sir Rudolf; b. Jan. 9, 1902, Vienna; British impresario of Austrian birth) New York times, Sept. 3, 1997: p. A1 (Sir Rudolf Bing, 95, d. Sept. 2, 1997, Yonkers) Grove music online, June 26, 2018 (Bing, Sir Rudolf; general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, New York) Wikipedia, 19 February 2019 (Rudolf Bing; Sir Rudolf Bing, KBE (January 9, 1902-September 2, 1997) was an Austrian-born opera impresario who worked in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, most notably being General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1950 to 1972; born Rudolf Franz Joseph Bing in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; He was naturalized as a British subject in 1946 and was knighted in 1971; he helped to found the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. After the war in 1947, he co-founded and was the first director of the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland) |
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