Editing Bruno Walter (section)

=== Munich ===
Although Walter became an [[Austria]]n citizen in 1911, he left Vienna in 1913 to become the Royal Bavarian Music Director and General Music Director of the [[Bavarian State Opera]] in Munich. While there, argue Erik Ryding and Rebecca Pechefsky, "Walter's contribution to the history of Wagner performance [was] more significant than many realize. The [[Bayreuth Festival]] was suspended after 1914 and resumed only in 1924. During those nine years, Munich was the centre of authentic Wagner performance; its Prinzregenttheather was closely patterned after the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, and its National Theatre had seen the world premieres of ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]'', ''[[Das Rheingold]]'', ''[[Die Walküre]]'', and ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]''. Walter was the city's music director for most of this period, and he presided over most of the Wagnerian repertoire."<ref>Erik Ryding and Rebecca Pechefsky, "Bruno Walter – Energy and Grace," notes to EMI's ''Great Conductors of the 20th Century'' Bruno Walter release, EMI 5 75133, p. 10</ref>

In January 1914, Walter conducted his first concert in [[Moscow]]. During the [[World War I|First World War]] he remained actively involved in conducting, giving premieres to [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]'s ''[[Violanta]]'' and ''[[Der Ring des Polykrates (opera)|Der Ring des Polykrates]]'' as well as [[Hans Pfitzner]]'s ''[[Palestrina (opera)|Palestrina]]''. In 1920, he conducted the premiere of [[Walter Braunfels]]' ''[[Die Vögel (opera)|Die Vögel]]''.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}

In Munich, Walter was a good friend of Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (later [[Pope Pius XII]]).<ref>{{harvp|Dalin|2005|p=50}}</ref> Walter's close friendship with [[Thomas Mann]] seems to have begun in Munich by 1914.<ref>{{harvp|Ryding|Pechefsky|2001|p=125}}</ref>