Background
Hilbert was born in Vienna, Austria where he would later study law and philosophy at the Universität Wien.
Hilbert was born in Vienna, Austria where he would later study law and philosophy at the Universität Wien.
University of Vienna.
In 1938, he was arrested by the Nazis and interned at Dachau concentration camp. In 1945, he was made provisional director of the Salzburger Landestheaters and attempted a reorganisation of the Salzburg Festival. From 1946 to 1953, he was chief of the Austrian Kulturinstituts.
From 1959, he was general director of the Vienna Festival, and from 1963 until his death, he was the director of the Vienna State Opera.
Officer of the Académie française.