Christoph Schwandt

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Christoph Schwandt (born September 2, 1956 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , † December 24, 2015 in Würzburg ) was a German author and dramaturge .

Schwandt was a dramaturge at the Oldenburg State Theater , the stages of the city of Bonn , the Theater & Philharmonie Essen , during the first three years of the Gerard Mortier era (1992–94) at the Salzburg Festival , and from 2002 to 2009 as chief dramaturge at the Cologne Opera active. Most recently he lived and worked in Aschaffenburg , where he was also politically active and chaired the Aschaffenburg Tenants' Association.

In book form he published biographies of the composers Georges Bizet , Leoš Janáček , Giuseppe Verdi and Carl Maria von Weber as well as numerous texts in anthologies.

Schwandt also translated a number of opera librettos from Italian for the series of rororo opera books and for CD booklets. Together with Katharina Thalbach he wrote the libretto for Torsten Rasch's opera Rotter (2008) based on the play of the same name by Thomas Brasch . For the radio, Schwandt created concert versions of theatrical music, including L'Arlésienne by Alphonse Daudet and Bizet.

Fonts (selection)

  • "'Inexpressible, unexplained'. Evidence and arguments from life and work for the probable homosexuality of Franz Peter Schubert." In: Franz Schubert "Todesmusik" , publisher edition text + kritik, 1997. (= Music Concepts 97/98)
  • Verdi. A biography , Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig, Insel 2000 (2nd edition 2013). ISBN 3-458-35911-7
  • Wilhelm Heinse : Diary of a trip to Italy. With a biogr. Essay by Almut Hüfler , ed. by Chr. Schwandt. Frankfurt am Main, Insel 2002. ISBN 3-458-34569-8
  • The Kölner Ring 2000-2004. Program book of the Cologne Opera ( Richard Wagner " Der Ring des Nibelungen ", a photo documentation by Regina Minwegen. Ed. By Christoph Schwandt. Translator: Rupert Burleigh), Cologne, Dittrich 2003. ISBN 3-920862-55-4
  • Opera in Cologne - from the beginning to the present. Berlin, Dittrich 2007. ISBN 978-3-937717-21-0
  • Leoš Janáček. A biography. Mainz, Schott 2009. ISBN 978-3-254-08412-5
  • Georges Bizet. A biography. Mainz, Schott 2011. ISBN 3-254-08418-7
  • Carl Maria von Weber in his time. A biography. Mainz, Schott 2014. ISBN 978-3-7957-0820-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Schwandt's obituary notice .
personal data
SURNAME Schwandt, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and dramaturge
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 2015
Place of death Wurzburg