Christine Mielitz

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Christine Mielitz portrayed by Oliver Mark , Berlin 2015

Christine Mielitz (born November 23, 1949 in Chemnitz ) is a German general manager and director .

Life

Christine Mielitz was born as the daughter of a Chemnitz concert master and therefore came into contact with music theater at an early age. After graduating from school, she studied opera directing with Götz Friedrich and Hans-Jochen Irmer from 1968 to 1972 at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy in East Berlin .

In the course of her studies, Mielitz completed an internship with Harry Kupfer at the Dresden State Opera, which initially led to a position as Kupfer's assistant from 1973 and where she worked as a director from 1980. In the same year, Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco premiered in Wuppertal, her first own production. From 1982 she acted as senior director at the Dresden State Opera .

In 1989 she worked as a director at the Komische Oper Berlin , where she also became senior director in 1992. From 1998 to 2002 she was the artistic director of the Meininger Theater . In Meiningen , with the first performance of the Ring on four consecutive days, as Wagner always wanted, she was able to record a great international success.

From 2002 to 2010 Mielitz was the opera director of the Dortmund Opera House . Since then she has been working as a guest director, mainly at the Vienna State Opera and the Dresden State Opera.

Productions (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christine Mielitz at Operabase (Staging) ( Memento from January 30, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ).


personal data
SURNAME Mielitz, Christine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general manager and director
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz