Andreas Baumann (opera director)

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Andreas Baumann (* May 20, 1949 ; † August 16, 2019 ) was a German opera director and university lecturer .

Life

Andreas Baumann directed the Halle Opera from 1981 to 1991 . He was also active at the Meißen Theater , the Saxony State Theaters and the Dresden State Operetta. Baumann was a teacher at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden from 1974 to 2015 . From 1991 he worked there as a professor, in 2006 he was elected Vice Rector . In addition, Baumann was co-founder and first director of the Dresden Master Classes in 2013. In 2018 he was made an honorary senator of his university.

In 1986 he was awarded the Handel Prize of the Halle district .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mitteldeutsche Zeitung: "War a legend" - Former head of the Halle Opera died after a serious illness (August 20, 2019), accessed on February 29, 2020
  2. ↑ With his big blue eyes ... on musik-in-dresden.de, accessed on February 29, 2020
  3. ↑ MDR Kultur: Director Andreas Baumann died (August 19, 2019), accessed on February 29, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Baumann, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera director and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1949
DATE OF DEATH 16th August 2019