Sucher

(zoo’-khér), (1) Josef, Débor, Hungary, Nov. 23, 1844—Berlin, April 4, 1908; eminent cond.; studied singing and the vln., Vienna; pupil of Sechter (comp.); vice-cond. of the acad. Gesangverein; coach for solo singers at the ct.-opera; 1876, cond. Leipzig City Th.; 1877, m. the distinguished Wagner i an soprano, (2) Rosa Ha el beck, Velburg, Upper Palatinate, Feb. 23, 1849—Eschweiler, April 16, 1927; 1878-88 they were engaged by Pollini at Hamburg; later as cond. of the Royal. Opera at Berlin (retired 1899), and prima donna (retired 1898). Frau S. was daughter of a musician and sang small réles at Munich and elsewhere at first, later prominent in Wagner opera which she sang at Bayreuth and in America.