Jens-Daniel Herzog

Jens-Daniel Herzog (born July 12, 1963 in Stuttgart ) is a German theater and opera director , director of the Dortmund Opera since autumn 2011 and state director of the Nuremberg State Theater from the 2018/19 season .

Jens-Daniel Herzog (2014)

Life

Jens-Daniel Herzog is the son of the actor Peter Herzog . After studying philosophy at the Free University of Berlin , Jens-Daniel Herzog went to the Münchner Kammerspiele as an assistant director in 1990 , where he accompanied several productions by the artistic director Dieter Dorn , including his King Lear (1992). In 1993, Herzog's debut production, the world premiere of Marlene Streeruwitz 's play New York, New York , premiered in the Werkraum of the Münchner Kammerspiele. This first directorial work by Herzog was invited to the Mülheimer Theatertage . In 1994 he directed Simone Schneider's Die Nationalgaleristen and The night shortly before the woods by Bernard-Marie Koltès .

In the following years, Herzog was a director and permanent director at the Münchner Kammerspiele, and he also made guest appearances at the Thalia Theater Hamburg , the Vienna Burgtheater , the Schauspiel Frankfurt and the Schauspielhaus Zurich ; his production there of David Mamets Oleanna was shown at the Berlin Theatertreffen . At the Zurich Opera House Herzog presented the first opera, Wagner's Tannhäuser and Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades . Tannhäuser , directed by Franz Welser-Möst with Peter Seiffert in the title role, was recorded on DVD in 2003. From 2000 to 2006 he was acting director at the Nationaltheater Mannheim , where he also staged the Mozart operas Così fan tutte and Die Entführung aus dem Serail as well as Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg .

After the end of his time in Mannheim, Herzog devoted himself primarily to opera directing and staged at the Zurich Opera House, the Mainz State Theater , the Korean National Theater in Seoul, the Nuremberg State Theater , the Days of Early Music Innsbruck, the Hamburg State Opera and again at the Mannheim National Theater. Drama productions were created at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich and the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe .

Herzog's Zurich production of Handel's opera Rinaldo under the musical direction of William Christie was recorded on DVD. Also in 2008 he directed Richard Strauss's “Bourgeois Comedy” Intermezzo in Zurich . His first work at the Semperoper in 2009 was Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto . At the Frankfurt Opera he staged Wagner's Lohengrin and Verdi's Les vêpres siciliennes .

Jens-Daniel Herzog has been the artistic director of the Dortmund Opera since autumn 2011 . There he directed Wagner's The Flying Dutchman , directed by Jac van Steen , with Andreas Macco in the title role and Christiane Kohl as Senta. In March 2012 he brought Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's oratorio Elias to the stage in Dortmund in a scenic version. In 2012, Herzog staged the Monteverdi opera The Coronation of Poppea . In addition to his commitment there, he continues to work as a freelance director a. a. at the Grand Théâtre de Genève , Theater an der Wien , the Hamburg State Opera and the Semperoper in Dresden. In July 2012 he opened the Salzburg Festival with the Magic Flute under the musical direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt . In 2016 he was designated as State Director at the State Theater in Nuremberg . He took up this position at the beginning of the 2018/19 season as the successor to Peter Theiler .

“Herzog's directorial style is characterized by theatrical playfulness and psychological accuracy that does without platitudes, superficial actualization and politicization. However, Herzog does not shy away from radical solutions when, as in his Don Giovanni production in Dortmund, he banishes the orchestra to the backstage so that the singers can argue directly in front of and in the audience. "

- Richard Lorbeer : WDR 3 Opera Studio Orfeo, April 19, 2015

In Dortmund Jens-Daniel Herzog assembled and developed a playful singing ensemble of high musical quality. The program ranges from pieces from the early baroque to music theater of the 21st century (especially the German premiere of Anna Nicole by Mark-Anthony Turnage , 2013) and lavish musical and operetta productions covering the entire spectrum of music theater. Thanks to the artistic quality and the integration of the opera into an urban context, Jens-Daniel Herzog has regained the opera's reputation both in the city and across the region. On the occasion of the premiere of Herzog's production of Tristan and Isolde , the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation described the Dortmund Opera as “the currently leading opera house in West Germany”. On the 50th anniversary of the opening of the new Dortmund Opera House, Herzog's production of Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier was shown in 2016 . Herzog last staged Verdi's Otello in Dortmund, and at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein he presented his first operetta production with Franz Lehár's Der Graf von Luxemburg .

Web links

• Herzogs greeting as director of the opera at Theater Dortmund
• Biography at Theater Dortmund
• Homepage of Jens Daniel Herzog

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dortmund.de news of April 14, 2014: Opera - contract with Artistic Director Herzog extended ( Memento of April 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jens-Daniel Herzog in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
3. ↑ ^{a b} biography at the Zurich Opera House
4. ↑ ^{a b} Jens-Daniel Herzog at the Nationaltheater Mannheim ( Memento from July 18, 2011 in the web archive archive.today )
5. ↑ Tannhäuser ( English ) wagneropera.net. 2011. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 23, 2011. 
6. ↑ Ronald Blum: Handel with care: Zurich 'Rinaldo' set in airport ( English ) Associated Press. June 20, 2008. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
7. ↑ Horst Koegler: Intermezzo ( English ) journal The Opera News. March 28, 2008. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
8. ↑ Jens-Daniel Herzog . Semper Opera. 2011. Archived from the original on December 30, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 23, 2011. 
9. ↑ Herzog wants a spirit of optimism at Dortmund's opera , derwesten.de, April 16, 2010
10. ↑ Jens-Daniel Herzog wants to attract more people to music theater , Ruhr Nachrichten, September 28, 2011
11. ↑ Jens-Daniel Herzog directs the “Flying Dutchman” in Dortmund . calf. October 3, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
12. ↑ Wolfgang A. Mozart • The Magic Flute Salzburg Festival