In operatic work, however, this skill could be shown to good effect in trills and runs.

But in 1979, when he was appointed director of the Berkeley Symphony, he decided to drop his operatic work and focus on the orchestral literature.

He brings a certain theatricality not just to his operatic work but also to his renditions of lieder.

In speaking of his operatic work, Kreizberg said "Working in opera is the single best experience a conductor can get.

He did little operatic work after the 1960s, but continued his recital career, finally retiring from performance in the late 1980s.

It is one of the earliest surviving examples of an operatic work performed in Germany.

He then turned his attentions toward operatic work, especially the training of singers and conducting.

In time this would lead to a large body of religious compositions, but for the present Galuppi was chiefly engaged in operatic work.

I think we've had an influence on operatic work generally by using adventurous directors," he continued, "and I'm glad of that.

Alongside his operatic work, he was known as an accomplished concert singer of international standing.