Education
While at the Prague Conservatory, Adler studied with Vítězslav Novák, Fidelio Finke, and Alexander von Zemlinsky.
While at the Prague Conservatory, Adler studied with Vítězslav Novák, Fidelio Finke, and Alexander von Zemlinsky.
He was the music and artistic director of the National Broadcasting Company Opera Theatre (1950–1964) and the National Educational Television. He was also involved in the early career development of such singers as Leontyne Price, George London and Mario Lanza. He later conducted the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 1959 to 1968.
He conducted the United States premiere of Ernst Bloch"s opera Macbeth at the Juilliard School in May 1973.