Karl Bauer (General Manager)

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Karl Bauer (born July 20, 1900 in Karlsruhe , † October 31, 1982 in Augsburg-Göggingen ) was a German director and general manager .

Life

Family and education

Karl Bauer, who was born in Karlsruhe and graduated from the reform grammar school there, then turned to studying philosophy , literature , theater and art history at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich , and in 1923 he received his doctorate in Munich to the Dr. phil. In addition, he received acting lessons from Otto König in Munich from 1920 to 1923 .

Karl Bauer married Guschi, born Laufmöller, in 1929. He died in 1982 at the age of 82 in the Göggingen district of Augsburg.

Professional background

After Karl Bauer had worked as a publisher and critic in Munich in 1923, the following year he got his first job as an actor , dramaturge and director at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich, where he made his debut as Tanio in The Taming of the Shrew . In 1925 Bauer moved to the Stadttheater Würzburg in his own capacity , from where he was hired in 1926 as a dramaturge and director of the Hannover City Theater . In 1927, Karl Bauer was appointed director of the Südwestdeutsche Bühne in Frankfurt am Main , a state-subsidized traveling theater , a position he held until 1929.

In 1930 he followed an engagement as deputy director, director and dramaturge at the Stadttheater Aachen , in 1936 he took over the position of director at the Deutsches Theater in Göttingen . In 1940, Bauer was entrusted with the position of artistic director at the Essen Municipal Theaters, where he - together with the GMD Gustav König - continued to run the theater with plays and operas despite the destruction during the war . After 1947, among other things, his productions of Figaro's wedding and Kabale und Liebe received general attention. The farmer, who left this post in 1958, then moved to the Städtische Bühnen Augsburg as director, where he retired in 1968.

During his time in Augsburg, he combined the cultivation of the classical opera repertoire, including Mozart , Wagner and Strauss , with an opening to the music of the 20th century , including Debussy's Pelléas , Bergs Wozzeck and works by Poulenc , Fortner , Egk and Orff . In acting, Bauer performed works from contemporary English literature for the first time, including by O'Neill , Wilder and Dylan Thomas .

Karl Bauer was awarded the Silver Leaf of the Association of German Stage Writers and Composers in 1957 and, in 1968, the Bavarian Order of Merit in particular for his services to the care of Bertolt Brecht's theatrical work.

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SURNAME Bauer, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director and general manager
DATE OF BIRTH 20th July 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1982
Place of death Augsburg-Göggingen