Heuberger, Richard (Franz Josef) (1850-1914)

Austrian music critic and composer. He studied engineering at first, but at the age of 26 devoted himself to music, becoming a choral conductor in 1878 and a critic in 1881. His best-known work is Der Opernball/Ball at the Opera House (1898).

Works Opera Manuel Venegas (1889), Miriam (later Das Maifest 1894), Abenteuer einer Neujahrsnacht (1896), Barfüssele; operettas Der Opernball (1898), Ihre Excellenz, Der Sechsuhrzug, Das Baby, Der Fürst von Düsterstein, Don Quixotte (after Cervantes).

Ballet Die Lautenschlägerin and Struwwelpeter.