Hinrichs, Gustave

1850-

Opera conductor and dramatic composer; born at Ludwigshist, Mecklenburg, Germany. After being graduated from the Ludwigshist Gymnasium, he went to Hamburg, where he studied music under Angelo Reissland and Edward Marxen, the teacher of Brahmi. He came to America in 1870, and for two years was associate conductor with Theodore Thomas at the National Opera in New York City. For several years he was a professor at the National Conservatory of Music in New York and director at Columbia University and the Metropolitan Opera Company. For ten years he managed his own opera company in Philadelphia, during that time introducing Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci to the American public. He has composed operas, symphonies, choruses and songs, notably the ro mantic grand opera in three acts, Onti-Ora, which was performed by his own company in Philadelphia.