Gungsbourg, Raoul
(1859–1955)> ADMINISTRATOR · COMPOSER
Gungsbourg, Raoul (25 December 1859, Bucharest; 31 May 1955, Monte Carlo), administrator and composer, served as director of several opera companies in Russia before becoming director of the Monte Carlo Opera . While he was at this latter theatre, he had the distinction of becoming the first director to present the complete version of Hector Berlioz ’ La Damnation de Faust on a legitmate stage. Also, he wrote a few operas that he produced for the first time in the Monte Carlo opera house. Le…