Born in Trieste - the main port of the Austrian Empire - in 1890, Bamboschek studied at the Trieste Conservatory. At age 13 he held a position as an organist. When he was 18 years old, he conducted orchestral concerts in Trieste.[2] Later, moving to the United States, he became a conductor for the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1913 to 1929.[3] He made his conductor/soloist debut with the Berlin Philharmonic on 21 June 1924.[4]
He then became General Manager of the Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera Company (PCGOC) in 1950. When the PCGOC merged with the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company to form the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company (PGOC) in 1955, Bamboschek stepped down as director but stayed with the company as their primary conductor. After the PGOC went through two General Directors in two seasons, Bamboschek was appointed General Director of the PGOC in March 1957.
He moved into new creative territory around this time, with a directorial credit to 1955's "Opera Cameos", a television series of operatic highlights including Verdi's La traviata.[10][11][12]
His grave is located in St. Marys Cemetery, Yonkers, NY, Section N, he is buried with his wife Caroline Ghidoni Bamboschek. (1889-1974)[13]
Opera News, By Metropolitan Opera Guild. Published 1936. Original from the University of Michigan; v.25 1960-61 ; v.26 1961-62
Thesaurus of the Arts: Drama, Music, Radio, Painting, Screen,..By Albert Ernest Wier, Published 1943, G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Metropolitan Opera Annals: A Chronicle of Artists and Performances, Compiled by William H. Seltsam ; Published 1947 H.W. Wilson Co., in association with the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
Opera Caravan: Adventures of the Metropolitan on Tour, 1883-1956; By Quaintance Eaton, Contributors: Rudolf Bing, Jean Morris. Published 1957 by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
References
^The International Who is Who in Music By John Townsend Hinton Mize,Published 1951 , Page 53.
^Thesaurus of the Arts: Drama, Music, Radio, Painting, Screen, Television. By Albert Ernest Wier.Published 1943 , G.P. Putnam's Sons : page 52
^Thesaurus of the Arts: Drama, Music, Radio, Painting, Screen, Television. By Albert Ernest Wier.Published 1943, G.P. Putnam's Sons: page 52