Person Open DS/UK/11025 Friend; Lionel (fl 1980s-2010s); English conducter and coach Friend Lionel fl 1980s-2010s English conducter and coach Male

Lionel Friend, an experienced opera conductor and coach, began his career working with Welsh National Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. For three years he was a Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater in Kassel, Germany, before spending thirteen years as Staff Conductor at English National Opera. He has also worked at the Bayreuth Festival, where he assisted Daniel Barenboim, and has made Wagner something of a speciality. In addition to the UK, he has conducted opera in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Australia and the USA, recently making his debut in Los Angeles. In the concert hall and recording studio he has worked with many distinguished ensembles and orchestras all over the world. Also active as pianist and coach, he is on the regular visiting staff at the Royal College of Music and here at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama; and since 2003 has been Conductor in Residence at the Birmingham Conservatoire. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 1/9/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 cff1a487-a0c9-430b-81e1-f6cca24f7cc3