Irmgard Knef

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Ulrich Michael Heissig (Jan. 2010)

Ulrich Michael Heissig , known as Irmgard Knef (born February 22, 1965 in Sindelfingen ), is a German author , actor , chansonnier and cabaret artist .

Life

He passed his Abitur in Böblingen . In 1987 he became an assistant director at several German theaters, for example in Bremen and Hamburg . In 1988 he got a permanent position as assistant director, evening play director and actor on the stages of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck with productions in the field of children's and youth theater .

From 1991 to 1997 he was a freelance director at the Theater der Altstadt Stuttgart , the Stadttheater St. Gallen , the Meininger State Theater and in Berlin, among others .

Heissig completed basic musical training, took cello and singing lessons and was a member of various choirs and orchestras. He is the author of numerous chanson texts as well as the musical revue "Orpheus in the Uni-Welt" - a commissioned work on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Free University of Berlin . In 2010 he wrote the musical Humboldt together with the composer Thomas Zaufke ! A musical for Alexander von ... (Premiere September 30, 2010 Fontanehaus, Berlin-Reinickendorf / performers of the Reinickendorf Music School).

He studied political science at the Otto Suhr Institute of the Free University of Berlin and media studies at the TU Berlin . In 1998 he wrote his diploma thesis on a theater parody by cabaret artist Georg Kreisler on Max Frisch's “ Andorra ”.

As the founder of the "Freie Jugendtheater Böblingen", a 50-member ensemble consisting of teachers, pupils and students, he performed Luise Rinser's "Ich President" in 1986 with great public interest in the presence of the then 75-year-old author.

Ulrich Michael Heissig, appearance as 'Irmgard Knef' (January 2010 in Munich)

In 1996 he made his first in the subcultural scene in Kreuzberg with the figure Irmgard Knef on which the fictional twin sister and the alter ego of Hildegard Knef is cabaret. With this role he portrays the sister, who is persecuted by bad luck both humanly and artistically, who is thus a mouthpiece for all eternally second. He stages an illusion of the twin sister, in which the appearance and demeanor of the late Hildegard Knef (as we know her from talk show appearances, for example) serves as a character model. Heissig has been performing in this role since 1999 in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and South Tyrol with the programs “Ich, Irmgard Knef” (1999), “Schwesterseelenallein” (2002) and “Die last Mohikanerin” (2005) and “Himmlisch! -Ewigkeit” knows no mercy ”(2008). He is also involved in various AIDS projects across Europe .

In 2001 he received the “Sprungbrett” cabaret award from the Handelsblatt in the Düsseldorfer Kom (m) ödchen. In January 2005 Heissig received the German Cabaret Prize (special prize of the Nuremberg Burgtheater 2004).

Together with Thomas Zaufke , Heissig wrote the musical Humboldt! A musical for Alexander von… about Alexander von Humboldt , which premiered on September 30, 2010 in the Fontane House in Berlin . In 2013, Zaufke and Heissig followed up with the musical comedy Wagner's thing with the ring , based on Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen . The world premiere was on October 26, 2013 in the Leipzig Opera House .

Heissig lives in Berlin and Vienna .

Programs

  • 1999 "I, Irmgard Knef - Resurrected from Ruin" Premiere December, lower house in the lower house, Mainz
  • 2002 "Schwesterseelenallein" premiered October 28th, Schmidt Theater, Hamburg
  • 2005 “The Last of the Mohicans” Premiere May 20th, Bar every reason, Berlin
  • 2008 “Heavenly! - Eternity knows no mercy ”Premiere September 23, Kom (m) ödchen, Düsseldorf

With this fourth program the "Ring of the Never Successful" is completed.

  • 2007 “Mein Wien” A Viennese song - evening à la Irmgard Knef
  • 2012 “Wie ´ne Wienerin” - second Viennese song evening
  • 2015 “A song can be a crutch - Solo for one” Premiere December 17th, 2015, Kom (m) ödchen, Düsseldorf

additional tour program:

  • 2005 "Tonight: Irmgard Knef"
  • 2010 “The Ring of the Never Successful” - the best-of program
  • 2011 "Cheers Christmas" - the Christmas special

Works

  • CD: Me, Irmgard Knef - Risen from ruin; misunderstood - denied - forgotten , con anima Verlag, 2000. ISBN 3-931265-27-7
  • CD: Irmgard Knef - Schwesterseelenallein - with her band Strahlkraft, con anima Verlag, 2002. ISBN 3-931265-38-2
  • CD: Irmgard Knef - The Last of the Mohicans , con anima Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3-931265-55-2
  • CD: Irmgard Knef - Mein Wien - Live from the Radiokulturhaus , ORF , 2007. Edition Cabaret - DDD ORFÖ1-Shop CD 3017 EAN code 9004629313955 or at con anima
  • CD: Irmgard Knef - Heavenly! There is no pardon for eternity , con anima Verlag, 2008. ISBN 3-931265-76-5
  • CD: Irmgard Knef - Wie ´ne Wienerin , ORF , 2013. Edition Cabaret - DDD ORFÖ1-Shop CD 3148 EAN- Code 9004629315348
  • CD: Irmgard Knef: Noch noch die Alte , con anima Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-944304-13-7
  • Book: Irmgard, Knef and I - My Life , Parthas-Verlag, 2005, E-Book: Berlin, Edition diá 2013, ISBN 978-3-86034-508-5 (Epub), ISBN 978-3-86034-608- 2 (Mobi)
  • Publications (selection):
Berliner Morgenpost: Red roses for you - laudation on a myth (December 28, 2000)
Victory Column: Idols (June 2001)
Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung: Always Number One (February 2, 2002)

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Interview on etuxx.com
  2. ↑ Humboldt! A musical for Alexander von ... , Musical & Co., accessed on April 2, 2016
  3. ↑ Ute Grundmann: The Thing with the Ring. Wagner's thing with the ring. In: The German Stage. October 28, 2013, accessed April 2, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Knef, Irmgard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heissig, Ulrich Michael (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cabaret artist, author and actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Sindelfingen