Isabel Ostermann
Isabel Ostermann (born February 6, 1975 in Braunschweig ) is a German opera director . From the 2017/2018 season she will be the opera director at the Braunschweig State Theater .
Live and act
Isabel Ostermann studied biology and medicine at the University of Würzburg from 1994 to 1995, and then from 1995 to 2001 opera directing at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy in Berlin with Ruth Berghaus , Gerd Rienäcker and Peter Konwitschny, among others .
Her most important assistant directors at the festivals in Salzburg and Bayreuth, at the Graz Opera, at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen and at the Donaueschinger Musiktage :
- Fama (under Christoph Marthaler )
- Parsifal ( Christoph Schlingensief )
- The Magic Flute ( Achim Freyer )
- Don Giovanni ( Andreas Homoki )
- La Bohème ( Peter Konwitschny )
Isabel Ostermann has been working as a freelance director with her own productions in Berlin, Dortmund, Erfurt, Munich and Regensburg since 2001:
- Le nozze di Figaro
- Don Giovanni
- La Finta Giardiniera
- Otello
- Jakob Lenz
- The women's school
- The opera ball
- La Cenerentola
Annual guest appearances at the opera festival at Gut Immling in Halfing , Upper Bavaria, bring her back to her long-term residence, the Chiemgau . Isabel Ostermann has two children from her marriage to the opera singer Franz Hawlata and lives in Berlin .
Awards
In 2003 she received the Deutsche Bank sponsorship award for her “Don Giovanni” production and in 2002 the tz rose for “Le nozze di Figaro”. Isabel Ostermann was a scholarship holder of the Akademie Musiktheater Heute from 2002 to 2004 and was awarded the Munich Merkur Culture Prize as Young Artist of the Year 2002.
Web links
- Portrait at the Berlin State Opera
- Report on Isabel Ostermann in the Braunschweiger Zeitung
- Homepage of Isabel Ostermann
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ostermann, Isabel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |