Benedict of Peter
Benedikt von Peter (born April 20, 1977 in Cologne ) is a German director .
Life
Benedikt von Peter grew up near Cologne. He studied musicology, German, law and singing in Bonn and Berlin, where he and fellow students initiated the Akademie Musiktheater Berlin-Salzburg (now Akademie Musiktheater, now part of the Deutsche Bank Foundation ). During his studies he founded a free music theater group together with the dramaturge Benjamin von Blomberg .
In 2003, Peter went to the Hamburg State Opera as an assistant , where he staged the German premiere of Péter Eötvös ' Angels in America . In the following years he assisted a. a. Peter Konwitschny , Peter Mussbach , Luca Ronconi and Christof Loy , whose director he became. This was followed by his own productions at the Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin and at the opera houses in Heidelberg , Frankfurt , Basel , Hanover and at the Komische Oper Berlin . At the Hanover State Opera he staged La Traviata with Nicole Chevalier in the leading role and Luigi Nono's Intolleranza in 1960 , for which he was awarded the German Theater Prize DER FAUST for best director in the music theater category in 2011 .
From 2006 to 2009 Peter was a substitute professor for directing at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts , where he initiated and supported various projects with the Heidelberg Theater, the Frankfurt Theater and the Thalia Theater Hamburg .
From the 2012/2013 season to 2014/2015, Peter managed the opera division at Theater Bremen and was in-house director there. He was awarded the Kurt Hübner Prize in 2015 for his directorial work and the opera program in Bremen . In November 2014 he was appointed artistic director of the Lucerne Theater . 2016/2017 was his first season in Lucerne. In August 2018 he announced that he would be moving to Theater Basel for the 2020/2021 season .
With Les robots ne conaissent pas le blues or Die Entführung aus dem Serail , his last directorial work in Bremen, Peter and the performance group Gintersdorfer / Klaßen were invited to Kampnagel Hamburg and the Wiener Festwochen in 2016/2017 .
Productions (selection)
- Theatertote , Sophiensaele Berlin / Kampnagel Hamburg / Beethovenfest Bonn / Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival , 2001/02
- Two levels. No stairs , Hebbel am Ufer, 2004/05
- Angels in America , Opera Stabile Hamburg , 2006/07
- Chief Joseph , Theater Heidelberg, 2006/07
- Teseo , Komische Oper Berlin, 2007/08
- Eugen Onegin , Theater Heidelberg, 2007/08
- I masnadieri , Oper Frankfurt, 2008/09
- Dialogues des Carmélites , Theater Basel, 2008/09
- Fidelio (1805) , Komische Oper Berlin, 2009/10
- Intolleranza 1960 , State Opera Hanover, 2010/11
- Parsifal , Theater Basel, 2010/11
- Idomeneo , Komische Oper Berlin, 2010/11
- La Traviata , State Opera Hanover, 2011/12, Theater Bremen, 2014
- The rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny , Theater Bremen, 2012
- Mahler III , Theater Bremen, 2013
- La Bohème , Theater Bremen, 2013
- Don Giovanni , Hanover State Opera, 2014
- The Mastersingers of Nuremberg , Theater Bremen, 2014
- The girl with the sulfur sticks , Oper Frankfurt, 2015
- Les robots ne connaissent pas le blues or Die Entführung aus dem Serail , Theater Bremen, 2015; Kampnagel Hamburg, 2016; Wiener Festwoche, 2017
- Aida , Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2015
- Prometeo , Lucerne Theater, 2016
- Falstaff , Lucerne Theater, 2018
- Faust scenes , Lucerne Theater, 2018
- Kindertotenlieder , Lucerne Theater, 2018
- Don Giovanni , Lucerne Theater, 2019
Awards, grants
- 1998: Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation
- 2002: Scholarship from the Berlin Academy of the Arts
- 2007: Götz Friedrich Prize for Chief Joseph at the Heidelberg Theater
- 2011: German Theater Prize DER FAUST for Intolleranza 1960 at the Hanover State Opera
- 2014: Kurt Huebner Prize
Web links
- Benedikt von Peter on operabase : http://operabase.com/a/Benedikt_von_Peter/2012/de
- Compilation of various articles [1] Source: Theaterclub Luzern
- Alban Nicolai Herbst: Critique of Fidelio
- Criticism of Idomeneo in the Frankfurter Rundschau
- Critique of Intolleranza , Hanover State Opera, in: Die Deutsche Bühne [2]
- Trailer La Traviata , State Opera Hanover [3]
- Review of La Bohème , Theater Bremen, in: Die Deutsche Bühne [4]
- Criticism of the rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny , Theater Bremen, Deutschlandradio Kultur [5]
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lucerne as price in FAZ of December 24, 2014, p. 11
- ↑ Interview in the online edition of the Luzerner Zeitung , Aug. 21, 2018: Theater: Benedikt von Peter leaves Lucerne .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peter, Benedict von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |