Karl Baratta

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Karl Baratta (born October 6, 1951 in Vienna ) is an Austrian dramaturge and director .

Live and act

Baratta grew up in Vienna, studied philosophy at the University of Vienna , directing at the Max Reinhardt Seminar and film and history of consciousness at the State University of New York (SUNYAB) and the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), wrote a work about Disneyland and graduated with MA. and Mag. Phil. from. 1981–1991 he was dramaturge at the Schauspiel Bonn and initiated a. a. the first world premieres by Elfriede Jelinek ( Burgtheater, Illness, Wolkenheim ) and Rainald Goetz ( War, Fortress, Cataract). 1991–1998 he was the head dramaturge at the Schauspiel Frankfurt. From 1989 he was Spielpan advisor to the management of the Volkstheater Wien and from 2000-2005 head dramaturge of the Volkstheater Wien. There he initiated a. a. World premieres by Antonio Fian, Franzobel, Gert Jonke, Kathrin Röggla, Marlene Streeruwitz. 2006–2009 he was dramaturge at Theater Basel and represented a. a. German-language premieres by Denis Kelly ( Liebe und Geld, taking care of baby ). He worked as a dramaturge a. a. with Jürgen Gosch, Hans Hollmann, Schorsch Cameroon, Tina Lanik, Christina Paulhofer, Elias Perrig, Anselm Weber and Horst Zankl, and as a guest dramaturge with Dimiter Gottscheff at the Volksbühne Berlin ( Das große Fressen ) and with Christoph Schlingensief at the Schauspielhaus Zürich ( Attabambipornoland ) . Since 2012 he has been teaching contemporary drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar.

Curations of new formats

Word theater : simultaneous literary performance with authors in all rooms of the house based on the principle of an exhibition. Volkstheater Vienna 1998, 1999, 2000. Zurich Theater 2004

Restless Austria : Texts on the political situation. Volkstheater Wien 100 events March – June 2000

Globalization and violence - perspectives after September 11th : Lectures, performances and discussions together with Claus Philipp from the daily newspaper “Der Standard” and a. with Jean Baudrillard, Boris Groys, Slavoj Zizek, Viktor Jerofejew, Alexander Kluge and Christoph Schlingensief. Volkstheater Wien 11 events 2002–2004. Julius Deutschbauer-Gerhard Spring, Terror in the Amusement Park , Schauspielhaus Zurich 2004

Archives of everyday life: autobiographical narration of peripheral life details , with authors, researchers, tradespeople, journalists, theater people. Theater Basel, 30 events 2007–2009

Co-curator of the exhibition unrest der form - drafts of the political subject with a focus on author speeches . Secession, Academy of Fine Arts, Wiener Festwochen 2013

Directorial work

  • Jürg Laederach, Rost or thinking is always , world premiere, Schauspiel Bonn 1989
  • Konrad Bayer, do you speak sometimes? Volkstheater Vienna, 1996
  • Ilse Aichinger, At no hour, world premiere , Volkstheater Vienna, 1996
  • Wolfgang Bauer, Insalata Mista , German-language premiere, Volkstheater Vienna 1997
  • Gert Jonke, literally minutes , world premiere, Volkstheater Vienna 2005
  • Salvador Dali, My Secret Life , Theater Basel 2009
  • Gert Jonke, Das System von Wien , world premiere, V. Landestheater Bregenz 2009
  • Thomas Bernhard, In der Höhe , world premiere, V. Landestheater Bregenz 2010
  • Franzobel, Die Anstalt , world premiere, V. Landestheater Bregenz 2010
  • Thomas Bernhard, disturbance , world premiere, nope. State Theater St. Pölten 2010
  • Marc Aurel, Emperor and General , Carnuntum Archeology Park 2011
  • Erwin Riess, Der Zorn der Eleonore Batthyany , Winterpalais Vienna 2014

Publications

  • On the effects of illness, after thoughts on a staging , In: Spectaculum 47,1988
  • Bernhard's Invention , In: What We Write Down Is Death , ed. by Karin Hempel-Soos, Thomas Bernhard Symposion, Bonn, 1995
  • New pieces for the new season , 5 articles in Theater heute's yearbooks 2003–2009
  • On the premieres of Elfriede Jelinek In: Stets das Ihr ed. by Brigitte Landes, Theater der Zeit, 2006

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personal data
SURNAME Baratta, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian dramaturge and director
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna