page_title: Karl Böhm
section_title: After World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Karl Böhm / Life and career / After World War II
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Karl Böhm (1894–1981), österreichischer Dirigent. English: Karl Böhm (1894–1981), Austrian conductor. Français&#160;: Karl Böhm (1894–1981), chef d'orchestre autrichien. Português: Karl Böhm (1894–1981), maestro austríaco. Español: Karl Böhm (1894–1981), director de orquesta austriaco. Русский: Карл Бём (1894–1981), австрийский дирижёр.
context_page_description: Karl August Leopold Böhm was an Austrian conductor. He was best known for his performances of the music of Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss.
context_section_description: After he had completed a two-year post-war denazification ban, Böhm led Don Giovanni at La Scala, Milan (1948) and gave a guest performance in Paris with the Vienna State Opera company (1949). From 1950 to 1953 he directed the German season at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and he conducted the first performance in Spanish of Wozzeck by Alban Berg, translated for the occasion. In 1953 he was responsible for the first performance of Gottfried von Einem's work Der Prozess. From 1954 to 1956 he directed the Vienna State Opera at its reconstructed home. He additionally resumed ties post-war in Dresden, at the Staatskapelle.
caption: Photo from the 1950s
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