Fritz Zweig

Fritz Zweig (8 September 1893 - 28 February 1984) was a German conductor.

Born in Olomouc, Moravia, after graduating from the local high school, Zweig studied theory and composition under Arnold Schoenberg. He made his professional debut in 1913 at the Mannheim National Theatre. He served as conductor in important opera houses such as Theater des Westens, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Kroll Opera House.

In 1927 Zweig was employed by the Berlin State Opera, but after the rise of power of the Nazis he was forced to leave his position because of the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, and together to his wife Tilly De Garmo he fled to France and later to Poland, where he was offered the role of conductor at the New German Theatre in Prague. In 1938, he returned to France, but after the nazi occupation of the country he finally escaped to the United States, where he first worked as a conductor, and later, starting from 1946, as a music teacher. Among his pupils were Miklós Rózsa, Marilyn Horne and Grace Bumbry.

Birth and Death Data: Born Olomouc (city in Czechia), Died February 28, 1984 (Los Angeles (seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1932

Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone CWR1332 12-in. 11/9/1927 O patria mia Elisabeth Rethberg ; Staatskapelle Berlin ; Fritz Zweig Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Homocord TM472 12-in. 4/6/1929 Frag' ich mein beklommen Herz Gitta Alpár Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Homocord TM473 12-in. 4/6/1929 Frag' ich mein beklommen Herz Gitta Alpár Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Homocord M474 12-in. 4/6/1929 Voi che sapete che cosa è amor Gitta Alpár Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Homocord TM478 12-in. 4/9/1929 Reading the stars on high Gitta Alpár Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Homocord M479 12-in. 4/9/1929 Volta la terrea fronte alle stelle Gitta Alpár Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Homocord TM480 12-in. 4/9/1929 Couplets du Mysoli Gitta Alpár Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Columbia (U.K.) WR427 10-in. 9/30/1932 Der Rosenkavalier, act I Charles Kullman ; Staatskapelle Berlin ; Fritz Zweig Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Zweig, Fritz," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109214.

Zweig, Fritz. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109214.

"Zweig, Fritz." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.

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URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109214

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