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3 unusual facts about Georges Pretre


Georges Prêtre

He worked with Maria Callas on a number of occasions, and made recordings of Carmen and Tosca with her.

To many music lovers, however, Pretre's name will forever be associated with the 1959 world premiere of Joseph Jongen's Symphonie Concertante for Organ and Orchestra, Opus 81, with Virgil Fox and the Paris Opera Orchestra.

Sylvia Sass

In 1978, she made her debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, as Puccini's Manon Lescaut, conducted by Georges Prêtre, a performance that was televised live across Europe.


Edgar Krapp

Krapp has performed throughout Europe, America and Japan as a concert organist and was worked with renowned conductors such as Rafael Kubelik, Georges Pretre, Colin Davis, Lorin Maazel, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Horst Stein and Christoph Eschenbach.

Monika Gonzalez

Gonzalez worked together with conductors such as Georges Prêtre, Iván Fisher, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Ervin Lukács, Kuijken, Will Humburg, W. Gönnenwein, and with directors as Gianfranco de Bosio, Pierluigi Pizzi, etc.


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