Opera manager · Baritone
Biography
Ioan Holender directed the Vienna State Opera from 1992 to 2010, the longest tenure in the house's history. Born in Timișoara in 1935, he began in engineering, moved to Austria in 1959 and trained as a singer at the Vienna Conservatory, appearing in opera and concert, Klagenfurt among his stages, before turning to artist management and taking over the Starka agency. Work alongside Eberhard Waechter brought him into the State Opera. Since leaving it he has advised opera houses internationally, led the George Enescu Festival and worked in cultural broadcasting.