Herbert Föttinger

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Herbert Föttinger and Sandra Cervik , 2014

Herbert Föttinger (born July 25, 1961 in Vienna ) is an Austrian actor and theater director . He is the director of the theater in der Josefstadt .

Life

Herbert Föttinger took private acting lessons from Peter P. Jost and founded a youth theater group in the Waldviertel at the age of 16 . From 1984 he played at the Städtebundtheater im Deutschen Hof an der Saale , at the Landestheater Detmold (1985–1987), at the Stadttheater Hildesheim (1987–1988), at the Schauspielhaus Graz (1988–1990) and at the Wiener Volkstheater (1990–1993).

In 1993 Föttinger became a member of the theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. He made his debut as Strizzi Alfred in Ödön von Horváth's Tales from the Vienna Woods in a production by Karlheinz Hackl .

In 1996 Föttinger directed Die Bernfeld-Revue (Stadttheater Baden, Rabenhof Theater Vienna) for the first time. Later he worked several times with success as a director at the Theater in der Josefstadt and spoke of his directorial debut in this context, but did not mention his actual first production .

In 1998 he was awarded the Vienna Actors' Ring.

Since the 2004/05 season, Föttinger has also worked as a director at the Josefstadt. His debut was Nestroys Kampl with Helmuth Lohner and Otto Schenk. Numerous productions followed.

In the 2006/2007 season, Föttinger took over the management of the theater in der Josefstadt as the successor to Helmuth Lohner . Exactly 15 months after his designation as Artistic Director, he opens the season on September 14, 2006 with the world premiere of Peter Turrini's Mein Nestroy .

In 2013 he staged Beethoven's Fidelio at the Theater an der Wien , his first opera production, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. On September 1, 2016, the world premiere of Ödön von Horváth's tragedy Nobody in the Theater an der Josefstadt was staged .

Herbert Föttinger is married to the actress Sandra Cervik and they have a son.

honors and awards

  • On February 16, 2012, he was awarded the title of Chamber Actor.
  • In December 2016 he was awarded the Johann-Nestroy-Ring of the city of Bad Ischl.

Stage roles (excerpt)

Theater in the Josefstadt

Salzburg Festival

  • Game announcer in " Jedermann " (1995)
  • Dolabella in “Antonius und Cleopatra”, directed by Peter Stein

Reichenau Summer Games

  • "Summer Resort Trilogy" (1997)
  • "A month in the country" (1998)
  • "Lumpazivagabundus" (1999)
  • "Anatol" (2001)
  • "Affaire Lina Loos" (2002)
  • Prof. Ebenwald in "Professor Bernhardi" (2003)
  • Friedrich Hofreiter in "The Wide Land" (2004)

Filmography

Radio plays

CD

  • Some days take years - Herbert Föttinger reads texts by Norbert Silberbauer - ORF Ö1-CD, Literature Edition, 2003

Directorial work

Theater in the Josefstadt

Theater an der Wien

Theater am Gärtnerplatz

Web links

Commons : Herbert Föttinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ orf.at - Herbert Föttinger receives Nestroy ring . Article dated December 7, 2016, accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Mein Nestroy ( Memento from November 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) in the Theater in der Josefstadt
  3. ^ Out of love ( memento from May 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) in the Theater in der Josefstadt
personal data
SURNAME Föttinger, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria