Johannes Schüler

Johannes Schüler (21 June 18943 October 1966) was a German conductor. He held leading positions at opera houses such as the Berlin State Opera and the Staatsoper Hannover. He promoted contemporary music, leading the world premieres of Alban Berg's Three Pieces for Orchestra in 1930, and Henze's Boulevard Solitude in 1952.

Life Schüler was born in Vietz (now Witnica, Poland), the son of an organist. In 1932, Schüler moved to the Halle Opera House. After the Nazis seized power in 1933, he was municipal music director in Essen to 1936, and was appointed to the Berlin State Opera in 1935. and in 1938 was appointed by Hitler as "Staatskapellmeister", and the following year Generalintendant.