Georges Prêtre

French orchestral and opera conductor (1924-2017).

Born August 14th, 1924 in Waziers. [ref]

Died January 4th, 2017 at 92 years old in Castres. [ref]

Occupations
conductor

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel