Bruno Berger-Gorski
Bruno Berger-Gorski (born August 8, 1959 in Hagen ) is a German director with Polish roots. He lives in Vienna, Cologne and Nuremberg.
Career
Bruno Berger-Gorski attended the Albrecht-Dürer-Gymnasium in Hagen and the Zeppelin-Gymnasium in Lüdenscheid. He studied theater, musicology and art history at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the University of Vienna and graduated with a master's degree. In this context he dealt scientifically with Dirk D'Ase , about whom he wrote the work Dirk D'Ase and his music-dramatic work with special consideration of the world premiere "Einstein, Traces of Light" . His world premieres of Dirk D'Ases Einstein at the Ulmer Theater and the world premiere of Adriana Hölszky's Trilogia in Bonn received national attention. Berger-Gorski is particularly interested in rediscovering rarely performed operas and in contemporary compositions. He staged works a. a. by Udo Zimmermann , Ella Milch-Sheriff , Giselher Klebe , Tom Johnson , Manfred Trojahn , Knut Vaage and Camille Kerger . His staging of Offenbach's Rheinnixen at the Trier Theater was recognized as the rediscovery of 2005 in the yearbook of the specialist newspaper opernwelt . Berger-Gorski is the only active German opera director who has staged on four continents. He staged a. a. at the State Opera Hamburg ( La Cenerentola , 1998), at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona ( La forza del destino , 1996), at the Theatro Sao Pedro in São Paulo and at the National Theater in Prague . He has also directed in Manaus , Mumbai , in Miami at the Florida Grand Opera , in Ashkelon in Israel , Mexico City , at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires , Lucca , Bergamo , Helsinki , Salzburg and Vienna .
Berger-Gorski also worked as a lecturer, e.g. He has taught directing and singing students at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki , the Royal Academy Copenhagen , the music academies in Gothenburg and Detmold. Berger-Gorski was a visiting professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna . He has also held seminars at the University of Cologne and the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen .
In 2015 he directed and produced premieres and world premieres by Josef Tal and Ella Milch-Sheriff in Bonn, Luxembourg and Vienna. Berger-Gorski was able to win Marino Formenti as conductor for the production in the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn . The opera was shown in connection with a room installation by Daniel Spoerri and took place on the occasion of the German-Israeli Year 2015 and in memory of the November pogroms. Berger-Gorski also used current references and linked Josef Tal's chamber opera Der Garten with the refugee crisis and the assassination attempt on Cologne's mayor Henriette Reker .
The Israeli contemporary chamber opera Else ( Josef Tal ) combined Berger-Gorski in 2016 with Ein Lied ( Luca Lombardi ) as a staged first performance about Else Lasker-Schüler and with Conversation with a stone ( Ella Milch-Sheriff ). With this production, Berger-Gorski was invited to the White Stork Synagogue in Wroclaw as part of the European Capital of Culture program. Furthermore, a performance took place under the patronage of the Israeli ambassador Yakov Hadas-Handelsman at the Cologne University of Music and Dance .
In 2017, Berger-Gorski staged the opera Else as a collage together with the pieces Mein Blaues Klavier and Scene by Josef Tal during the Salzburg Festival . The scenic premiere took place in the Museum der Moderne, a second performance in the synagogue in Salzburg . Berger-Gorski was able to win Julia Gschnitzer as an actor . In addition, Shmuel Barzilai , chief cantor of the Jewish community in Vienna, appeared in the piece and then sang a kaddish for Else Lasker-Schüler . Marko Feingold and Sandra Kreisler also acted as speakers .
In October 2017, Berger-Gorski staged Samson et Dalila with Olga Borodina (conductor: Emmanuel Villaume ) at the Dallas Opera .
In May 2018 Berger-Gorski staged chamber operas by Josef Tal and Else Lasker-Schüler as part of the Jaffa Festival in Tel Aviv in collaboration with Yuval Zorn and the Israel Contemporary Players . The production was then invited to the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow . In the 2018/2019 season, Berger-Gorski staged two short operas from the 20th century by Péter Eötvös and Salvatore Sciarrino at the Biel Theater . These took place as a Swiss premiere with Yannis Pouspourikas as conductor. In 2019 he staged the Israeli premiere of Peter Eötvös' Der Goldene Drache (conductor: Nagy Zsolt) in the Gesher Theater in Tel Aviv and was invited to the Bartok Plusz Festival in Hungary with the production and musicians of the Israelian Contemporary Players from Israel.
Productions (selection)
| year | Staging |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Homage to Else-Lasker-Schüler ( Josef Tal ) at the Jaffa Festival in Tel Aviv , with Yuval Zorn and the Israel Contemporary Players |
| Homage to Else-Lasker-Schüler ( Josef Tal ) at the Jewish Culture Festival in the Jewish Museum Galizien in Krakow, with Yuval Zorn and the Israel Contemporary Players | |
| Der Freischütz in the Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera, with Simon Krecic, Junge Kammerphilharmonie Berlin | |
| 2017 | Scene , Else and My Blue Piano by Josef Tal in the Museum der Moderne, Salzburg and in the Synagogue Salzburg with Marko Feingold , Shmuel Barzilai , Einat Aronstein, Julia Gschnitzer and Sandra Kreisler |
| Samson et Dalila with Clifton Forbis, Olga Borodina, Emmanuel Villaume for the Dallas Opera | |
| 2016 |
Else ( Josef Tal ) combined with Ein Lied ( Luca Lombardi ) and Conversation with a stone ( Ella Milch-Sheriff ) for the White Stork Synagogue in Breslau as part of the European Capital of Culture program and for the Cologne University of Music and Dance |
| Der Freischütz ( Weber ) for Theater & Philharmonie Thuringia with Laurent Wagner (conductor) | |
| Macbeth for the Breslau Opera with Vladimir Chmelo as part of the European Capital of Culture program | |
| Conversation with a stone ( Ella Milch-Sheriff ) and the chamber opera Der Garten ( Josef Tal ) dramaturgically linked by the sculpture Carrelino by Daniel Spoerri in the Theater Esch (Luxembourg) in cooperation with the Bonn Opera , conductor Marino Formenti , with the ensemble United Instruments of Lucelin | |
| 2015 | Conversation with a stone ( Ella Milch-Sheriff ), scenic premiere and the chamber opera Der Garten ( Josef Tal ) dramaturgically linked by the sculpture Carrelino by Daniel Spoerri in the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn in cooperation with the Bonn Opera , patronage Hadar Handelsman (Israeli ambassador), Conductor Marino Formenti |
| The engagement in the monastery (Prokofjiew) for the Theatro Sao Pedro in Sao Paulo, with Luiz Fernando Malheiro (conductor) | |
| Baruch's Schweigen (Ella Milch-Sheriff) for the Stadttheater in Fürth | |
| 2014 | Macbeth with Lucio Gallo , Maria Pia Piscitelli for the Jahrhunderthalle in Breslau |
| Otello with R. D. Smith, Maria Luigia Borsi for Oviedo, Ives Abel (conductor) | |
| Der Liebesfluch, premiere, chamber opera about Georg Trakl (Hans Kraus-Hübner), in Salzburg with Marino Forementi, Trakl memorial, stage: Daniel Spoerri | |
| The magic flute for the opera Maribor, Slovenia | |
| 2013 | Don Giovanni for the Janáček Opera in Brno, coproduction with Teatro del Giglio Lucca, Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo |
| Rigoletto for Trier with Jacek Strauch | |
| Someone is going to come (Knut Vaage, Jon Fosse) combined with moon from boiling milk (C. Kerger, N. Helminger), European EA for Kaiserslautern, TNL Luxembourg | |
| Otello for the Bremerhaven Theater with Ray. M. Wade, Sangmin Lee | |
| 2012 | The Magic Flute for Opera Zuid, Maastricht |
| Don Carlo with Noa Danon for the Magdeburg Theater - coproduction with the Brno National Theater | |
| 2011 | Lakmé for the Trier Theater with Adreana Kraschewski |
| Mass (Bernstein) staged performance for the Votive Church in Vienna | |
| La Bohème for Theater Hagen, 100 years anniversary with Jaclyn Bermudez | |
| 2010 | Mass (Bernstein) for Opera Bergen as scenic Norwegian EA |
| Tosca with Iano Tamar and Gustavo Porta for the Performing Art Center in Mumbai, India | |
| Don Giovanni with Carlo Colombara for Lucca and Bergamo | |
| 2009 | The Vampyr (Marschner) for the Heidenheim Opera Festival |
| Vampirabile, monologue, black birds came (Adriana Hölszky) as a scenic premiere for Bonn, chamber music hall | |
| Macbeth for the Janáček National Opera in Brno | |
| Rigoletto for Bellas Artes in Mexico City, with Maria Alejandres, Arturo Chacon | |
| Rigoletto for the Bonn Opera, with Julia Novikova | |
| Hansel and Gretel for Opera Zuid, Maastricht, NL | |
| 2008 | Der Freischütz for the Heidenheim Opera Festival with J, Havranova, P. Bernhard |
| Les Contes d'Hoffmann for Arenum, Bergen with P. Bernhard, K. Coresi | |
| La traviata with P. Antonucci, Roberto Sacca, P. Gavanelli, open air in La Palma in the Convento St. Cruz | |
| La fille du régiment with Annemarie Kremer for Opera Zuid, Maastricht | |
| 2007 | Il trovatore with G. Oniani for Kazan State Opera, The Hague, |
| Titus (Mozart) in the M. Trojahn version for Würzburg | |
| Il trovatore with Ikaia-Purday, G. Oniani, R. Ragatzu for Kaiserslautern | |
| Norma with Olga Makarina, Carmen Oprisanu at the National Theater in Prague | |
| Hansel and Gretel for the Greifswald Theater, Stralsund | |
| 2006 | La Bohème for the opera in Thessaloniki with Alexia Voulgaridou, Andrea Coronella, stage: Daniel Dvorak |
| Susannah (Carlisle Floyd) as the Scandinavian premiere for Vest Norges Opera in a hangar at Bergen Airport | |
| Figaro -cuts for the Conservatoire Luxembourg | |
| Samson et Dalila with J. Perdigon and Graciella Araya for Vest-Norges-Opera | |
| 2005 | The Magic Flute for the Florida Grand Opera in Miami, USA |
| Die Rheinnixen (Offenbach) as German premiere for the Trier Theater, "Rediscovery of the Year" ( Opernwelt yearbook) | |
| Tannhäuser for the opera in Oviedo, Spain, with W. Millgramm, E. Magee, G. Araya, conductor: F. Haider, set design: H. Balthes | |
| Azrael, Tango-Oper (Dirk D'Ase), German premiere at Trier Theater | |
| 2004 | Traviata- Open-Air with Ana-Maria Kaufmann, Harry Van der Plaas for the Heidenheim Festival |
| Einstein (Dirk D'Ase), first performance commissioned by the city of Ulm | |
| Norma (Bellini) for the Amazon Festival, Manaus, Brazil with L. Flanigan | |
| The Seven Deadly Sins (Kurt Weill) for Vest Norges Opera, Bergen | |
| Eugene Onegin for Vest Norges Opera, Bergen | |
| 2003 | Faust (Gounod) for Vest Norges Opera, Bergen, with Dario Schmunk, Urban Malmberg, Jana Havranova |
| The Rape of Lucretia (Britten) for the Royal Academy of Music, Copenhagen | |
| Lucia di Lammermoor for the Landestheater Coburg | |
| La Bohème Landestheater Salzburg, large festival theater, with Olga Mykytenko, Vincente Obuena, Alex Exposito, W. Koch | |
| 2002 | La Cenerentola for the Gold Coast Opera in Florida, USA with J. Rivera |
| Abu Hassan (Weber) and Mesdames de la Halle (Offenbach) for the National Opera in Athens (co-production with the Athens Chamber Opera) | |
| Condor (Carlos Gomes) with F. Portari for the Amazon Festival in Manaus |
literature
- Bruno Berger Gorski: Dirk D'Ase and his music-dramatic work with special consideration of the world premiere “Einstein, Traces of Light” , Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna , 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ derwesten.de
- ↑ theaterhagen.de ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ nmz.de
- ↑ theaterhagen.de ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ kultiversum.de (PDF).
- ↑ derwesten.de
- ↑ berliner-zeitung.de
- ↑ sng-mb.si
- ↑ stadttheaterbremerhaven.de
- ↑ bundeskunsthalle.de
- ↑ bild.de
- ^ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Bruno Berger-Gorski: "Confronting fate is the first step" | Music | DW.COM | December 2, 2016. In: DW.COM. Retrieved January 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Israeli Music Theater in Cologne: a Lady Gaga of the Weimar Republic | Music | DW.COM | November 27, 2016. In: DW.COM. Retrieved January 17, 2017 .
- ^ SALZBURG / Museum der Moderne: Josef Tal Homage to Else Lasker-Schüler - August 27, 2017 (scenic premiere) | Music | The new marker |. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
- ↑ dallasopera.org ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ Homage to Else Lasker-Schüler . ( jaffafest.com [accessed September 16, 2018]).
- ^ Galicia Jewish Museum events during the 28th Jewish Culture Festival. Retrieved September 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Radames / Lohengrin - TOBS Theater Orchestra Biel Solothurn. Retrieved September 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Bruno Berger-Gorski at Operabase (engagements and dates), accessed on January 6, 2020.
- ↑ kultiversum.de (PDF).
- ↑ Bruno Berger-Gorski at Operabase (productions).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berger-Gorski, Bruno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hagen |