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Robert Opratko

Robert Opratko is credited on 684 releases across 190 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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684

Credits

190

Albums

8

Decades active

3

In collections

Biography

Austrian composer, arranger, producer and conductor, born 17 March 1931 in Vienna, Austria, died on 9. September 2018 in Purbach am Neusiedlersee, Austria.
After studying double bass at the Vienna Conservatory, Opratko was active in several orchestras, including The Austrian All Stars and Das Radio-Tanzorchester Wien. He became famous as an arranger and tour accompanist for Caterina Valente, Vico Torriani, Peter Kraus, Freddy Quinn and Udo Jürgens, among others. From 1965 to 1974 he was conductor at the Theater an der Wien.
Opratko also worked as an arranger for television: he produced TV shows with Peter Alexander and Harald Juhnke, composed for years for the ORF children's program "Am Dam Des" and conducted the orchestra in Austria's contributions to the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Credited work

684 releases · 190 albums · active 1958–2023

  • Performance · 835
  • Other credits · 331
  • Production · 214

Studios: Austrophon Studios · Arco Studios · Trident Studios · Wiener Konzerthaus

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