Gert Voss

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Gert Voss, 2011

Peter Gert Voss (born October 10, 1941 in Shanghai , † July 13, 2014 in Vienna ) was a German actor . Most recently he was a member of the Vienna Burgtheater ensemble and chamber actor .

Life

Gert Voss spent his childhood until 1948 as the son of the foreign trade merchant Wilhelm Voss and his wife Marion Steinhütte in Shanghai and later on Lake Constance . He studied German and English for a few semesters at the University of Tübingen , but dropped out when he passed an acting aptitude test. Voss took private acting lessons with Ellen Mahlke from 1964 to 1966 , followed by his first theater engagements.

After his first engagements at the Stadttheater Konstanz , Staatstheater Braunschweig and at the Munich Residenztheater , he was discovered by Hans Peter Doll , the artistic director of the Heidelberg theater . Under him he was initially at the State Theater in Stuttgart , where there was heated discussion about possible sympathies of the theater director Claus Peymann for members of the Red Army faction ; then he moved with Peymann to the Schauspielhaus Bochum and was invited to the 20th Berlin Theatertreffen by Heinrich von Kleist in 1983 with his role as Hermann in the Hermannsschlacht .

With Peymann, Voss moved to the Burgtheater in Vienna in 1986, where he played Richard III in the same year . was celebrated. At the same time he was fought, just as one saw an "object of hate" in Peymann. The production was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen in 1987, together with the Bernhard play, in which Gert Voss even appears in the play's title: Gert Voss apparently also convinced the actors, who was extremely critical of Thomas Bernhard , who called him and the actresses Kirsten Dene and Ilse Ritter “ Trio infernal ”wrote its own piece, which was played in the original production for a very long time: Ritter, Dene, Voss . As with Minetti, Bernhard had written the names of the actors he wanted to premiere in the title, as he had repeatedly experienced that his plays had not been cast with his preferred candidates. Apart from the two-year interlude from 1994 to 1996 at the Berliner Ensemble and the Schaubühne Berlin, Voss was a member of the Burgtheater ensemble for 26 years. He worked closely with Peter Zadek at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg and at the Burgtheater ( John Webster's “The Duchess of Malfi”, Shakespeare's “The Merchant of Venice”, Chekhov's “Ivanov”, Ibsen's “Rosmersholm”, Strindberg's “Dance of Death”, Marlowe's “The Jude von Malta ”) and George Tabori , who staged Shakespeare's“ Othello ”with him in the title role and wrote the pieces“ Requiem for a Spy ”,“ Goldberg Variations ”and“ The Ballade from Wiener Schnitzel ”for him. In addition, collaboration with Luc Bondy at the Schaubühne Berlin (Sascha Guitry, "The Illusionist"), Theater an der Josefstadt Vienna (Horvath, "Figaro lets divorce"), at the Burgtheater and Akademietheater Vienna (Chekhov, "The Seagull", Shakespeare, "King Lear"); with Thomas Langhoff at the Burgtheater (Thomas Bernhard, " Elisabeth II. " and Schiller, "Wallenstein"), with Andrea Breth at the Burgtheater (Tennessee Williams, "The Cat on the Hot Tin Roof"), with Thomas Ostermeier at the Akademietheater Vienna (Ibsen, "Builder Solness").

As everyone , 1995

Voss appeared in numerous plays with Ignaz Kirchner as a comedian duo at the Burgtheater , for example in George Tabori's black comedy “Goldberg Variations” (1991) or in Neil Simon's “The Sunshine Boys” (2003), but also in Samuel Beckett's “ Endspiel ”And in Jean Genet's “ The Maids ”. Their joint appearance began in classic pieces such as Shakespeare's “ The Merchant of Venice ” (Shylock / Antonio) and “ Othello ” (Othello / Jago). "Like Shylock and Antonio, like Othello and Iago, Mr. Jay and Goldberg are a sadomasochistic male couple - a combination like master and servant, father and son, Laurel and Hardy." (Theater Heute, August 1991) Voss formed such a comedian- Partnership also with Branko Samarovski in Tabori's “Requiem for a Spy” (1993).

From his various guest appearances, u. a. in Cologne and Berlin, the title role in Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival , which he played for four summers starting in 1995, should be emphasized.

In 1995 Gert Voss was named the best actor in Europe by the Times . Claus Peymann about him: “Gert Voss is at its zenith as an actor, his skills have grown over many years.” George Tabori said of Gert Voss: “He's a dangerous, naked actor, a scary clown, a wild bull from which Cage broken. "Peter Zadek said of him:

“Gert Voss is very similar to Laurence Olivier . Gert Voss also has the gift of simplification and clarification. Laurence Olivier had that charisma - you weren't looking anywhere else when he was on stage. He already had a command by his voice. It was enormous what Laurence Olivier could do with his voice. Gert Voss can do that too, who thinks very keenly just like him. "

Hermann Beil writes as a "companion":

“Gert Voss really endangers himself to the extreme. In this respect, he is not an actor who simply trusts the effect of his so-called personality. Voss transforms the stage by playing for his life. He goes all out, and because he always goes all out, he always brings something different to the stage. "

Theater heute writes: "No production can start higher today than with this actor."

Gert Voss admired the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen stage presence .

Grave of Gert and Ursula Voss in the Vienna Central Cemetery.

Voss died on July 13, 2014 of a brief, serious illness at the age of 72 in Vienna. In consultation with the family, the Burgtheater did not want to give more details about Gert Voss' illness. According to the tradition of the Burgtheater, his coffin was laid out on the grand staircase and then carried around the house. Because of the summer break of the theater, this ceremony could only take place on September 4, 2014. The funeral speech was given by Claus Peymann , who had worked with Voss for 46 years. The artist was then buried in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Department 33G, Grave 66). As it became known at the beginning of October 2014, Iffland-Ring bearer had named Bruno Ganz Voss as his successor in his will.

The actor was married to the dramaturge Ursula Voss for 45 years , who died just a few months after him in December 2014. Their daughter, Grischka Voss (* 1969), is an actress and author and founded the bernhard ensemble in 1997 together with Ernst Kurt Weigel , an independent off-theater group in Vienna.

Important theater work

Filmography (selection)

Documentation

  • "The King, the Jew, the Magician, the Moor". Director: Norbert Beilharz; ZDF, 1991
  • "Voss and the search for time". Director: Rose Kern; ORF, 2002
  • "Make up: Gert Voss". Director: Johanna Schickentanz; ZDF Theaterkanal, 2004
  • "Fail, fail, better fail". Harald Schmidt in conversation with Gert Voss. Director: Lukas Sturm, based on an idea by André Heller ; 2010

Television recordings

  • 1969 "Amphitryon" (directed by Nils Peter Rudolph)
  • 1977 "Iphigenie auf Tauris" (directed by Claus Peymann)
  • 1978 "Servant of two masters" (Nils Peter Rudolph)
  • 1980 "Dear Georg" (directed by Matthias Langhoff / Manfred Karge)
  • 1981 "Mockery of Fear" (directed by Alfred Kirchner)
  • 1981 "Kirschgarten" (D: Langhoff / M. Karge)
  • 1982 "The Hermannsschlacht" (D: C. Peymann),
  • 1984 "Fear and Hope of the FRG" (D: Horst Siede)
  • 1986 "Ritter Dene Voss" (D: C. Peymann)
  • 1988 "Merchant of Venice" (D: Peter Zadek)
  • 1989 "Wilhelm Tell" (D: C. Peymann)
  • 1990 "Othello" (D: George Tabori)
  • 1990 "Ivanow" (D: P. Zadek)
  • 1998 "Fin de Partie" (D: G. Tabori)
  • 1998 "Figaro is getting a divorce" (D: Luc Bondy)
  • 2000 "Rosmersholm" (D: P. Zadek)
  • 2003 " Elisabeth II. " (D: Th. Langhoff)
  • 2007 "King Lear" (D: Luc Bondy)

Awards

Voss received the Gertrud Eysoldt Ring in 1988, the Kainz Medal in 1988 , the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class in 1989 , the Fritz Kortner Prize in 1992, the ITI Prize in 1997, appointment as a chamber actor in 1998 and in 2000 Nestroy Theater Prize , three more times (2001, 2002 and 2007) he was nominated for it; In 2001 he received the Golden Medal of Honor of the City of Vienna and in 2011 the Golden Medal of Merit of the State of Salzburg. Since 1981 Gert Voss was a member of the German Academy of Performing Arts in Frankfurt / Main, since 1991 a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and since 1994 a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. On June 25, 2009 he was made an honorary member of the Burgtheater. He was voted actor of the year six times by a jury of all well-known German-speaking theater reviewers, initiated by the magazine Theater heute , (Hermann 1983, Richard III in 1987, Othello in 1990, Goldberg 1992, Hamm 1998, Rosmer 2001) and was nominated several times in the annual issue of Theater heute (1981 Firs in “Kirschgarten”, 1993 Zucker in “Requiem for a Spy”, 2000 Trigorin in “Die Möve”, 2001 Barrabas in “The Jew from Malta”).

In 2010 Voss received the German Audiobook Prize in the Best Information category for his reading (together with Peter Simonischek ) Thomas Bernhard / Siegfried Unseld : Briefwechsel (der Hörverlag, Munich).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Voss is the name that Voss says is entered in the passport. At the beginning of his acting career he was advised to use another name as his stage name so as not to be confused with Peter Voss, the millionaire thief. Therefore, Voss took his middle name Gert . Compare: Gert Voss as a studio guest in autumn on ORF 2 , broadcast on November 17, 2011.
  2. ↑ spiegel.de: Important actor: Gert Voss is dead Article from July 14, 2014, accessed on September 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Höbel: The royal villain. spiegel.de, July 14, 2014, accessed on July 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ Helmut Schödel: Perfect technician of his art. , sueddeutsche.de, July 14, 2014, accessed on July 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ Barbara Villiger Heilig: Every inch a king of the stage. nzz.ch, July 14, 2014, accessed on July 14, 2014.
  6. ↑ "And then you have to play" - Gert Voss is dead. Kurier.at, July 14, 2014, accessed on July 14, 2014.
  7. ^ Diepresse.com: Actor Gert Voss died Article from July 14, 2014, accessed on September 30, 2014.
  8. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Gert Voss
  9. ↑ Bruno Ganz wanted Gert Voss as his successor. In: Courier of October 2, 2014 (accessed October 2, 2014).
  10. ↑ derStandard.at - Ursula Voss: sensitive artist, competent theater woman . Article dated December 7, 2014, accessed December 7, 2014.
  11. ↑ Ursula Voss deceased - Obituary of the Burgtheater ( Memento from December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ format.at - In Memoriam Gert Voss: "I strive to be unforgettable" . Article dated July 14, 2014, accessed December 7, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Voss, Gert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Voss, Peter Gert (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Shanghai
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 2014
Place of death Vienna