Benjamin von Blomberg

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Benjamin von Blomberg (* 1978 ) is a German dramaturge.

Von Blomberg studied historical musicology , German and business administration in Hamburg . While still a student he founded the independent opera group "evviva la diva" together with his friend, director Benedikt von Peter . With the group he worked a. a. in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg productions as dramaturge and production manager. In 2005 he made his first guest appearance at the Thalia Theater Hamburg with “Quixote in der Stadt” (director: Andreas Kriegenburg), from 2006 to 2010 he worked there under director Ulrich Khuon and finally under Joachim Lux as a dramaturge. In addition, he was repeatedly involved in opera projects, for example in 2007 with “Cesare” by Georg Friedrich Händel (Theater an der Wien, director: Christof Loy ). From 2010 Benjamin von Blomberg worked as a freelance dramaturge a. a. in Berlin, Hamburg, in Hanover, at the Salzburg Festival and in Zurich especially with Nicolas Stemann , Stefan Pucher , Benedikt von Peter and Frank Abt.

Before working as a dramaturge, von Blomberg began doing his doctorate on the role of music in Elfriede Jelinek's work with Peter Petersen. Together with Nicolas Stemann he subsequently worked on several world premieres of her texts, including “ Ulrike Maria Stuart ”, the secondary drama based on Lessing's “ Nathan the Wise ”, “Abraumhalde”, “The Merchant's Contracts”, “Rein Gold” at the Berlin State Opera and “Wut” at the Münchner Kammerspiele also with Nicolas Stemann, with whom he has a continuous collaboration and whose productions have been repeatedly invited to the Theatertreffen in Berlin. “The Contracts of the Merchant” (Thalia Theater / Schauspiel Köln 2010) was also shown at the Festival d'Avignon in 2012, and in 2013 an invitation from “Faust” followed. In addition, publications in specialist magazines and jury and lecture activities etc. a. for the Körber Studio Junge Regie and the Mülheimer Theatertage or in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Amsterdam and Seoul, Korea.

In 2012 Benjamin von Blomberg was named Dramaturge of the Year by the trade journal “ theater heute ”.

From 2012 to 2015 Benjamin von Blomberg worked as chief dramaturge and head of the drama division at Theater Bremen . Since the 2015/16 season he has been chief dramaturge at the Munich Kammerspiele. Since June 2017 he has been designated co-director of the Schauspielhaus Zürich together with the director Nicolas Stemann from the 2019/2020 season.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deutsches Theater Berlin: Deutsches Theater Berlin - Benjamin von Blomberg. In: www.deutschestheater.de. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
  2. ^ Benjamin von Blomberg. In: Thalia Theater. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
  3. ^ Theater an der Wien - program - Giulio Cesare in Egitto - cast. In: www.theater-wien.at. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Salzburg Festival> INSTITUTION> ARCHIVE> Archive detail. In: www.salzburgerfestspiele.at. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Inter- university seminar project 2007. In: www.elfriede-jelinek-forschungszentrum.com. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Susanne Berthold: Where does all that nothing come from all at once? (PDF) In: Diploma thesis. 2011, accessed August 10, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Georg Kasch: Hero and Money. In: Nachtkritik.de. March 9, 2014, accessed August 10, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Körber Studio Junge Regie 2011: Interview with Benjamin von Blomberg. In: www.kultiversum.de. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Körber Foundation Hamburg: Gernot Grünewald wins at the Körber Studio Junge Regie 2011. (No longer available online.) In: www.koerber-stiftung.de. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016 ; accessed on August 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.koerber-stiftung.de
  10. ↑ 50 directors in the German-speaking theater - S - Z - Stemann, Nicolas - Goethe-Institut. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
  11. ^ Being Faust - Enter Mephisto - Goethe-Institut Korea. In: www.goethe.de. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Theater Today - Kultiversum. In: www.kultiversum.de. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
  13. ↑ Dietmar Kanthak: Former Ako student in Bonn: Benjamin von Blomberg is "Dramaturge of the Year" | GA Bonn. In: www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
  14. ^ Benjamin von Blomberg - Theater Bremen. In: www.theaterbremen.de. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
  15. ↑ New in-house director for Kammerspiele . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on August 10, 2015]).
  16. ↑ Thomas Ribi: Two directors take over the helm. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , June 21, 2017.
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SURNAME Blomberg, Benjamin from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dramaturge
DATE OF BIRTH 1978