Andreas Homoki
Andreas Homoki (born February 16, 1960 in Marl ) is a German director and opera director of Hungarian descent.
Life
After graduating from high school in Bremen, he studied school music and German literature from 1979 to 1987 at the University of the Arts and the Technical University of Berlin . During his studies he did internships as a director for several Harry Kupfer productions . Between 1987 and 1993 he was a permanent assistant director and evening director at the Cologne Opera.
His first directorial work began in 1988 as part of his teaching activities at the opera school of the Cologne University of Music (until 1992). His international career began during his assistantship in 1992 with the sensational success of his staging of Richard Strauss ' Die Frau ohne Schatten in Geneva , which was named Production of the Month by the specialist magazine opernwelt , and the French Critics' Prize after it was taken over at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in 1994 received. Since 1993 Homoki has staged at many European opera houses and also in Tokyo . From 1993 to 2002 Homoki worked as a freelance director.
In 2002 he succeeded Harry Kupfer as chief director of the Komische Oper Berlin and from 2004 was also its director. In 2007, the Komische Oper Berlin was voted Opera House of the Year by the specialist magazine Opernwelt .
Andreas Homoki has been director of the Zurich Opera House since the beginning of the 2012/13 season and has since staged the Flying Dutchman (co-production with La Scala in Milan and the Norwegian State Opera, Oslo), Lady Macbeth from Mzensk , Fidelio , Juliette and Lohengrin (co-production with the Vienna State Opera ) , Luisa Miller ( Hamburg State Opera ), Wozzeck , My Fair Lady (Komische Oper Berlin) and I puritani .
Andreas Homoki has been a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts since 1999 .
Productions
- 1988, Bastien and Bastienne , Oslo Summer Opera
- 1991, Il trovatore , Wellington City Opera New Zealand
- 1992, The Woman Without a Shadow , Grand Théâtre de Genève
- 1993, Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci , Staatstheater Mainz
- 1993, Madama Butterfly , Aalto-Theater Essen
- 1994, Das Schloss , State Theater Hanover
- 1994, Der Wildschütz , Cologne Opera
- 1994, Rigoletto , Hamburg State Opera
- 1994, Simone Boccanegra , Freiburg Theater
- 1995, Tristan and Isolde , Staatstheater Wiesbaden
- 1995, Orfeo ed Euridice , Grand Théâtre de Genève
- 1995, The Magic Flute , Cologne Opera
- 1996, Falstaff , Komische Oper Berlin
- 1996, Idomeneo , State Opera Munich
- 1996, Don Giovanni , Royal Copenhagen Opera
- 1996, La traviata , Leipzig Opera
- 1997, Elektra , Basel Opera
- 1997, Der Freischütz , Cologne Opera
- 1997, Hansel and Gretel , Deutsche Oper Berlin
- 1998, The love for the three oranges , Komische Oper Berlin
- 1998, Il trovatore , Bonn Opera
- 1999, Carmen , Georges Bizet, De Nederlandse Opera
- 1999, Der Rosenkavalier , Theater Basel
- 1999, Macbeth (Verdi) , Leipzig Opera
- 2000, The Merry Widow , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2000, Capriccio , Nederlands Opera Amsterdam
- 2001, Arabella , State Opera Munich
- 2001, Messa da Requiem , Theater Basel
- 2001, Aida , State Theater Hanover
- 2002, Manon Lescaut , Munich State Opera
- 2002, Lulu , Nederlands Opera Amsterdam
- 2002, The Bartered Bride , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2002, A Florentine Tragedy / The Dwarf , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2003, Die Csárdásfürstin , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2003, The Marriage of Figaro , New National Theater Tokyo
- 2004, Tannhäuser , Théâtre du Châtelet Paris
- 2004, Roméo et Juliette , State Opera Munich
- 2004, Turandot , Semperoper, Dresden
- 2005, Eugen Onegin , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2005, Königskinder , Bavarian State Opera, Munich
- 2006, Der Rosenkavalier , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2006, The Golden Rooster , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2006, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2007, La fanciulla del West , New National Theater Tokyo
- 2007, Die Fledermaus , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2008, La Bohème , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2008, Robin Hood (Frank Schwemmer, UA), Komische Oper Berlin
- 2008, from one day to the next ( Schönberg ) / Pagliacci , Teatro la Fenice
- 2009, Hamlet ( Christian Jost , UA), Komische Oper Berlin
- 2009, La traviata , Semperoper Dresden
- 2010, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2011, Faust (Gounod) , Hamburg State Opera
- 2011, The clever little fox , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2012, David et Jonathas , Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
- 2012, The Flying Dutchman , Zurich Opera House
- 2013, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk , Zurich Opera House
- 2013, Fidelio , Zurich Opera House
- 2014, Lohengrin , Vienna State Opera / Zurich Opera House
- 2014, Luisa Miller , Hamburg State Opera
- 2015, Juliette , Zurich Opera House
- 2015, Wozzeck , Zurich Opera House
- 2015, My Fair Lady , Komische Oper Berlin
- 2016, Turandot , Den Norske Opera & Ballet Oslo
- 2016, I puritani , Zurich Opera House
- 2017, Médée , Zurich Opera House
- 2017, The Land of Smiles , Zurich Opera House
- 2018, La forza del destino , Zurich Opera House
- 2018, Sweeney Todd , Zurich Opera House
- 2019, Nabucco , Zurich Opera House
- 2020, Iphigénie en Tauride , Zurich Opera House
literature
- Thomas Flierl (editor): Andreas Homoki. A decade of music theater at the Komische Oper Berlin. Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-942449-34-2 .
Web links
- Andreas Homoki in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Andreas+Homoki/0/21451.html
- ↑ Komische Oper Berlin is “Opera House of the Year”. Der Tagesspiegel, accessed on August 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Artist follows manager. St. Galler Tagblatt, accessed on November 5, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Homoki, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and opera director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marl |