Background
Breisach, Paul was born on June 3, 1896 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Edward and Dora (Hoenigsvald) Breisach.
Breisach, Paul was born on June 3, 1896 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Edward and Dora (Hoenigsvald) Breisach.
Studied with Bruno Walter and Heinrich Schenker: m.
He was a pupil of Heinrich Schenker in Vienna from October 1913 for several years. New Grove 2 reports that he was a conductor at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in the early 1930s until he emigrated. He conducted at the Metropolitan Opera from 1941 through 1946, and he was a staff conductor at the San Francisco Opera during the 1940s until his death.