Alexander Wiegold
Alexander Wiegold (* 1979 in Münster ) is a German director .
Wiegold first studied music, then film and theater studies in Bochum and Zurich . Since 2006 he has been working as an assistant director, first at the Schauspielhaus Zurich , the Theater Neumarkt and since 2009 also at the Burgtheater in Vienna . At the Schauspielhaus in 2009 he directed “Alpenglow” by Peter Turrini .
In the 2011/12 season he directed his own adaptation of the classic science fiction novel Solaris based on Stanislaw Lem in the vestibule of the Burgtheater. From 2012 to 2015 he staged the "Red Ribbon Celebration Concert" at the Burgtheater Vienna , which opened the Life Ball .
He has worked with the Austrian playwright Ferdinand Schmalz , which has led to various invitations to festivals, "Am Example der Butter" in 2015 at the Autorentheatertage in Berlin and "Der Herzerlfresser" in 2017 at the Heidelberger Stückemarkt .
At the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen in 2017 he staged the scenic-musical project "Egmont / Prometheus" with Sebastian Koch in the lead role, where he also wrote the text together with Christopher Hampton .
Productions (selection)
- 2009 Alpenglow by Peter Turrini , Schauspielhaus Zurich
- 2011 Solaris by Stanislaw Lem , stage version: Alexander Wiegold, Burgtheater Vienna
- 2012 Winter by Jon Fosse , Teatr Nowy Kraków
- 2013 invasion! by Jonas Hassen Khemiri , Burgtheater Vienna
- 2014 Using the example of butter by Ferdinand Schmalz , Burgtheater Vienna
- 2016 Der Herzerlfresser by Ferdinand Schmalz , Akademietheater Vienna
- 2017 Prometheus / Egmont based on motifs by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , text version: Christopher Hampton and Alexander Wiegold, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
- 2018 The Wind in the Weiden , stage version: Alexander Wiegold based on motifs by Kenneth Grahame , Casino of the Burgtheater Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review of “Alpenglow” by Jan Rothenberger
- ↑ a b c d Burgtheater ensemble ticket
- ↑ Red Ribbon Celebration Concert - Building Bridges for Peace - May 15, 2015. (No longer available online.) In: Burgtheater. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 22, 2016 .
- ↑ https://www.berlin-buehnen.de/de/spielplan/am-beispiel-der-butter/events/54357/
- ↑ Brief review. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.ruhrfestspiele.de/de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung_detail.php?ver_id=753 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from June 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wiegold, Alexander |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |