Karl Dammer

Karl Dammer (2 January 1894 – 4 February 1977) was a German conductor, Generalmusikdirektor at the Städtische Oper Berlin from 1937.

There, he conducted Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, among others, but also symphonic works by Johannes Brahms and Anton Bruckner.

In 1937, he conducted the world premiere of Kurt Atterberg's "Värmland Rhapsody", his musical energy was praised in the international press at the time.

Dammer now also joined the NSDAP and returned to the Cologne Opera as successor of Fritz Zaun as General Music Director.

He spent the rest of his life in Kreuzlingen on Lake Constance in Switzerland where he died at the age of 83.