Gretl Aicher

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Gretl Aicher (born July 9, 1928 in Salzburg ; † March 14, 2012 there ) was an Austrian puppeteer and theater director .

Life

At the age of 16, Gretl Aicher began playing puppets at the Salzburg Marionette Theater founded in 1913 by her grandfather Anton Aicher . In 1944 and 1945 she attended the state master school for carving, painting and stage design. At the beginning of the 1950s, Aicher gradually took over the management of individual areas within the theater, such as lighting control from 1952, theater tailoring from 1965 and responsibility for the stage from 1967. After the death of her father Hermann Aicher, who had taken over the theater after the death of Anton Aicher, she managed the entire company from 1977 until the end.

Under Gretl Aicher's aegis, the Salzburg Marionette Theater also made a name for itself internationally, and from 1991 went on guest tours to New York, Paris and Tokyo. A number of new productions such as Così fan tutte , Hoffmann's Stories and A Midsummer Night's Dream also fell during her time as director . Aicher intensified the collaboration with well-known directors such as Götz Friedrich and joint productions with the Salzburg State Theater and the Salzburg Festival emerged.

Aicher, who received several awards, was unmarried and remained childless. In 2010 she was part of the documentary series We are dedicated to Austria . Gretl Aicher died unexpectedly of heart failure at the age of 83, standing in the rehearsals for Der Ring des Nibelungen .

Awards

Furthermore, Gretl Aicher was the holder of the Golden Decoration of Honor of the market town of Mattsee and an honorary citizen of Nashville.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marionette theater: Gretl Aicher died , salzburg.orf.at from March 14, 2012 , accessed on January 13, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c Obituary by Prof. Gretl Aicher, Dorfzeitung from March 15, 2012 ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2016 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. , accessed January 13, 2016  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dorfzeitung.com
  3. ^ Website of the market town of Mattsee , accessed on January 13, 2016
  4. ↑ A life for the doll on threads , rotpunktkultur.at of March 15, 2012 , accessed on January 13, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Aicher, Gretl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian puppeteer and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 2012
Place of death Salzburg