Born in Vienna, parallel to attending a
Gymnasium, Bibl studied piano, clarinet, composition at the
Wiener Musikakademie and attended the conducting class of
Hans Swarowsky. From 1948, he was
répétiteur at the
Graz Opera. From 1960, he worked at the Vienna
Raimundtheater and the
Theater an der Wien. From 1969 to 1973, he was
music director in
Trier, from where he gave guest performances in France and Luxembourg. From 1973, he was conductor at the
Volksoper Wien, where he conducted over 2,200 performances, including
Der Vogelhändler,
Die lustige Witwe,
Die Csárdásfürstin and
Die Fledermaus. From 1995 to 2008, he was musical director of the
Seefestspiele Mörbisch, for which he put together his own orchestra, the
Symphonieorchester Burgenland, consisting of students from the . Guest performances and concert tours abroad took him to Japan, Italy, Germany and France, for example, to the
Berlin State Opera and the
Opéra Bastille in Paris. At the
Vienna State Opera, he conducted
Die Fledermaus and
Die lustige Witwe from 1999 to 2003. Bibl remained closely associated with the Vienna Volksoper until the end. In May 2016, he conducted three performances of Kálmán's
Die Csárdásfürstin as part of a guest performance in Tokyo, his last conducting was a performance of
Die Fledermaus on 1 January 2017. According to the house, he conducted 2273 performances at the Vienna Volksoper. Bibl died at the age of 87, in
Frontignan, France. Bibl was the grandson of the
composer and organist of the same name (1832–1902) and nephew of the historian
Viktor Bibl. == Awards ==