First woman to conduct the Vienna Phil

Well maybe not quite; I think they let one slip through once way back in the twentieth century.

FF to 1:10 for a demo of Diana Damrau's baton skills.

Comments

[John Chin-Hao Chen]

Hello,

The first woman to conduct VPO is probably Simone Young in 2005.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/11/09/1131407669716.html

sincerley,
John

[waltraud]

Just embarrassing!

[Nik]

She also conducted them quite a lot at the Staatsoper during the 1990s. Of course they appear under a different name there, but it's (mostly) the same orchestra.

[jc]

no feeling at all for rhythm... how can she sinf an entire opera performance????