Hans Oppenheim


Hans Oppenheim was a German-born conductor. He was son of the Jewish German neurologist Hermann Oppenheim.
Oppenheim emigrated to England and was first assistant to Fritz Busch at Glyndebourne Opera from c1935; after Busch took from him the position of assistant conductor, he was director of the Dartington Hall Music Group, 1937-1945, then conductor of the English Opera Group, 1946, and associate conductor of the Glyndebourne Opera at the Edinburgh Festival, 1949, as well as co-founder of the Saltire Music Group in 1950 with Isobel Dunlop.