Stefan Herheim
Stefan Herheim (born Oslo, 13 March 1970), is a Norwegian opera director, based in Germany.
Life
[edit]He studied cello while working as a production assistant at Norwegian National Opera in Oslo. From 1994 to 1999, he studied opera direction with Götz Friedrich at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.[1]
Awards
[edit]He has been named opera director of the year (Regisseur des Jahres) three times by the German magazine Opernwelt—in 2007 for a Don Giovanni at the Aalto Theatre in Essen,[2] in 2009 for an acclaimed Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival,[3] and in 2010 for a Rosenkavalier at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Götz Friedrich Preis: list of winners, profile of Herheim (in German)
- ^ http://www.kultiversum.de/Oper-Opernwelt/Regisseur-des-Jahres-Stefan-Herheim-Sinnliche-Dekonstruktion.html (in German)
- ^ http://www.kultiversum.de/Oper-Themen/Regisseur-des-Jahres-2009.html (in German)
- ^ http://www.kultiversum.de/Musik-Empfehlungen/Der-Rosenkavalier.html (in German)
Sources
[edit]- wagneropera.net profile page. List of productions, links to interviews, videos and photos
- Royal Opera House, London, brief biography of Herheim
- The Guardian, profile of Herheim's Wagner work, 29 April 2010.
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