Johannes von Matuschka
Johannes von Matuschka (born June 8, 1974 in Bonn ) is a German director and actor.
Life
Johannes von Matuschka grew up in London, New York, Paris and Berlin. While studying law at the Université de Grenoble and the Humboldt University in Berlin, he worked as an actor, including at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz and the Theater am Halleschen Ufer . After the first state examination in law in 2000, he completed a degree in directing and acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna . From 2004 to 2006 he worked as an assistant director at the Munich Kammerspiele with directors Thomas Ostermeier , Johan Simons , Luk Perceval , Stephan Kimmig and Sebastian Nübling, among others . From 2007 to 2008 he was invited by the Goethe Institute for the Electronic City theater project in India. The play by Falk Richter premiered at the Hindu Metro Plus Theater Fest in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. After further work abroad - in 2009 Matuschka was employed as a director at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and at the Scala in Milan and staged Penthesilée - A bout de souffle at the National Theater in Bordeaux - he increasingly worked at German-language theater stages and at various festivals (including FIND Festival Berlin; Kleist Festtage, Frankfurt (Oder)). In 2016 he made his operatic debut at the Hanover State Opera with "Der Traumgörge" by Alexander Zemlinsky. Since then he has worked in music and spoken theater.
Productions (excerpts)
- 2005: Silent Song , Simone Kucher , Dramatikertage, Münchner Kammerspiele
- 2006: On the Day of Young Talents , Polle Wilbert, Münchner Kammerspiele
- 2008: Electronic City , Falk Richter , The Hindu MetroPlus Festival , Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- 2009: Penthesilée- a bout de souffle, après Heinrich v. Kleist , Théâtre national de Bordeaux en Aquitaine , TNBA
- 2009: The Great Depression , Arthur Miller , Mainfranken Theater Würzburg
- 2010: The broken jug , Heinrich v. Kleist , Mainfranken Theater Würzburg
- 2011: Antigone , Jean Anouilh , Landestheater Linz
- 2011: “I don't want a grave”, performance, Alte Kantine Wedding
- 2012: Stella , Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe , State Theater Linz
- 2012: The Schroffenstein family , Heinrich v. Kleist for Kleist Festival , Frankfurt (Oder) / Słubice
- 2012: Besser Wissen- The Knowledge , DSE, John Donnelly , Staatstheater Nürnberg
- 2013: Don Karlos , Friedrich Schiller , Theater Konstanz
- 2013: Othello , William Shakespeare , Landestheater Linz
- 2013: The interview , Theo van Gogh , Theater Kiel
- 2014: Konstanz am Meer , premiere, Theresia Walser , Theater Konstanz
- 2014: Burns , Wajdi Mouawad , Landestheater Linz
- 2015: Curtain Call , Performance, Sophiensæle , Berlin
- 2015: Romeo and Juliet , William Shakespeare , Staatstheater Nürnberg
- 2015: A Midsummer Night's Dream , William Shakespeare , Landestheater Linz
- 2015: Hedwig and the Angry Inch , John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask , Landestheater Linz
- 2016: Miss Julie , August Strindberg , Theater Kiel
- 2016: Der Traumgörge , Alexander Zemlinsky , State Opera Hanover
- 2017: Preludes , Dave Malloy , Landestheater Linz
- 2017: Simon Boccanegra , Giuseppe Verdi , Saarland State Theater
- 2018: Andorra , Max Frisch , Theater Kiel
- 2018: Writing to Vermeer , Louis Andriessen and Peter Greenaway , Theater Heidelberg
- 2018: Lazarus , Musical by David Bowie and Enda Walsh , Landestheater Linz
- 2019: The Drawn , Franz Schreker , State Opera Hanover
- 2019: HAGEN, The RING trilogy part 1 , DSE, Richard Wagner , Theater Aachen
Theater play (excerpts)
- 1997: “Woyzeck”, directed by Michael Simon, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz Berlin
- 1998: “The Prince of Homburg”, directed by Stephan Lohse , Theater Hallesches Ufer Berlin
- 2001–2004: "Penthesilea", "Golden Times", "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", directed by Johannes Gleim, Roman Kummer, Ole Georg Graf, Max Reinhardt Seminar Vienna
- 2002: “The incorruptible”, directed by Vera Sturm, Reichenau Festival
- 2003: “Traumnovelle”, directed by Jürgen Kaizik, Reichenau Festival
Film Acting (Excerpts)
- 1997: A day in the life of Alex O., director: Kai-Rochus Liertz
- 1997: Morgen, directed by Max Kirchner / Rüdiger S. de Erice
- 1997: Midnight, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- 2008: Out on the lake, director: Felix Fuchssteiner
- 2010: Anna, directed by Grzegorz Muskala
- 2012: Rubinrot , director: Felix Fuchssteiner
- 2013: Saphirblau , director: Felix Fuchssteiner
- 2015: Smaragdgrün , directed by Felix Fuchssteiner
Awards
- 2010: Main prize of the jury of the Bavarian Theater Days for his production The Great Depression by Arthur Miller
- 2013: Ensemble Prize of the Bavarian Theater Days for the German premiere of Besser Wissen - The Knowledge for his ensemble from the State Theater Nuremberg
Web links
- Johannes von Matuschka homepage
- [1] at Felix Bloch Erben (FBE) agency
- Johannes von Matuschka in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matuschka, Johannes von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |