Felix Prohaska

Felix Prohaska, born on May 16, 1912, in Vienna, Austria, was a conductor and professor of musicology. He received his musical education from his father Carl Prohaska and studied piano with Eduard Steuermann, theory with Egon Kornauth, and Hans Gál. Prohaska began his career as a répétiteur at the Grazer Oper from 1936 to 1939. He then served as a conductor at various opera houses including Duisburg, Strasbourg, Prague, Salzburg, and the Wiener Volksoper from 1946 to 1955. From 1955 to 1961, he was the deputy general music director in Frankfurt am Main and first Kapellmeister at the Oper Frankfurt. Prohaska led the Akademie/Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover from 1961 to 1969 and was a professor there until 1975. He also worked at the Volksoper in Vienna from 1964 to 1967 and at the Niedersächsische Staatsoper Hannover from 1965 to 1974. Prohaska passed away on March 29, 1987, in Vienna.