Karsten Meyer (actor)

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Karsten Meyer (* 1965 in Ribnitz-Damgarten ; † June 2, 2018 in Aachen ) was a German theater actor , director and musician .

Life

Karsten Meyer was born in Ribnitz-Damgarten, between Rostock and Rügen , in the former GDR . His father was a pastor , his mother an organist . He grew up in Berlin , among other places , where he also studied acting from 1985 to 1989 at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art. During his training, he appeared in Heiner Müller's play Der Lohndrücker at the Berlin Theatertreffen in January 1988 .

He had his first permanent engagement from 1989 to 1992 at the Thalia Theater Halle . Another engagement at the Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt followed in 1993–1995 . 1996–1997 he was engaged at the Städtische Bühnen Osnabrück , where he realized his first directorial work for the theater with Tod den Teebucheln - Ein Dreiklang über der Kunst .

From May 1997 to 2002 Meyer was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Theater der Altmark (TdA) in Stendal . At the TdA he appeared in Faust I (as Mephisto), Romeo and Juliet (as Mercutio) as well as in the productions The Sorrows of Young W. , Kleinbürgerhochzeit (1998) and Outside Front Door (premiere: November 1997). He also directed at the Stendaler Theater again, e.g. B. Shakespeare's all works (slightly shortened) , Pinocchio and The Secret of Irma Vep .

In 2002, Meyer moved to the Aachen Theater , still under the direction of Paul Esterházy . There he was a permanent member of the Aachen drama ensemble for over 16 years until his death. At the Aachen Theater, Meyer was one of the “formative” actors due to his “versatility” and his “unbelievable sense of humor and timing” and was considered a “crowd favorite”. In 2011 he was awarded the Aachen Kurt Sieder Theater Prize for his overall acting performance .

During his engagement at the Theater Aachen he appeared in over 70 different, serious and tragic roles. He was often cast as a "bad guy".

His stage roles included such diverse characters and figures as Goethe's Faust and Mephisto, the title character in Kleist's Amphitryon , the snake Kaa in the Jungle Book or the butterfly in The Snow Queen . At the Theater Aachen he played classical theater roles such as Count Orsino in Was ihr wollt , Philip II in Don Karlos and President of Walter in Kabale und Liebe . Esterházy's successor as artistic director, Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck , took over Meyer into the new Aachen ensemble, where in 2005 he took part in Ludger Engels ' actor opening production Anna Karenina .

In the 2009/10 season he was the conceited sick Argan in the musical comedy Le malade imaginaire by Molière and Marc-Antoine Charpentier . In the 2010/11 season he embodied death in Ewa Teilmans ' production of Berlin Alexanderplatz as a rock'n'roller with electric guitar . From March 2014 he was the title character Walter Faber in a stage version of the novel Homo faber by Inge Zeppenfeld and Jan Langenheim, a role that he played repeatedly in the Kammerspiele of the Aachen Theater over the next three years. In the 2014/15 season he took over the role in Bernadette Sonnenbichler's production of Der Meister und Margarita . In Christian von Treskow's staging of Dürrenmatt's play Die Physiker , which premiered at Theater Aachen in September 2016, the patient was Ernst Heinrich Ernesti (Einstein). In the 2016/17 season he also took on, as one of his last roles, Joe Keller in Arthur Miller's early work Alle mein Söhne .

At the beginning of his acting career Meyer worked under the name Karsten-Michael Meyer in Police Call 110: Katharina (first broadcast in October 1989), where he played Johann, the young lover of a fun-loving woman. As far as is known, this was Meyer's only film work.

In addition to his artistic work as an actor and theater director, Karsten Meyer was also active as a musician. He was the singer, composer, songwriter and guitarist of the band he founded, "The White Elephants". His compositions were mainly influenced by the music of the Rolling Stones , the Beatles and Bob Dylan . He appeared as a musician in several stage productions.

Karsten Meyer had two daughters, the costume designer Lea Reusse and the actress Linn Reusse. He was married to the Italian musician and dancer Annalisa Derossi and had a son. He died at the age of 53 after a brief, serious illness. He was buried in Berlin.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f The Rock'n'Roller: On the death of the theater actor Karsten Meyer . Death report. In: Aachener Zeitung from June 4, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Farewell to a great artist: Theater is reminiscent of Karsten Meyer . In. Aachener Nachrichten from July 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g The biographical and artistic information comes from the archive of the Theater der Altmark and was kindly made available by the press office of the Theater der Altmark (Fr. Magdalena Burkhardt) for the publication of this article.
  4. ↑ The wage press . Occupation. Official website of the Berliner Festspiele . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b dly (= Donald Lyke): Actor Karsten Meyer passed away . Obituary. In: Volksstimme Stendal on June 13, 2018. Page 17.
  6. ^ Aachen: Sieder Prize to Ingeborg Meyer and Karsten Meyer . In: Aachener Zeitung, May 8, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  7. ↑ a b c d e Karsten Meyer . Obituary at Kulturserver NRW. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  8. ↑ a b Review: Karsten Meyer at the Theater Aachen . Appreciation and picture gallery. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  9. ↑ THE IMAGINED SICK - LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE - Aachen, City Theater . Performance review. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  10. ↑ Death approaches with blind glasses and powerful chords . In: Aachener Zeitung of March 29, 2011. Retrieved on March 1, 2019.
  11. ↑ THE VOYAGER & MORE . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  12. ↑ Salvation through the devil . Performance review from January 11, 2015 at Nachtkritik.de . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  13. ↑ The physicists . Occupation. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  14. ↑ "All my sons": Bitter truths with a melting string sound . Performance review. In: Aachener Zeitung of January 29, 2017. Accessed March 1, 2019.
  15. ↑ CATHERINE (1989) . Plot, cast and production details. Television of the GDR. Online lexicon of GDR television games, television games and TV productions. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  16. ↑ Karsten Meyer . Obituary notice. In: Aachener Nachrichten / Aachener Zeitung from June 27, 2018. Accessed March 1, 2019.
  17. ↑ Karsten Meyer: Obituary . Obituary notice of the Theater Aachen. In: Aachener Nachrichten / Aachener Zeitung from June 9, 2018. Accessed March 1, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Karsten
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer, Karsten-Michael; Meyer, Karsten Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Ribnitz-Damgarten
DATE OF DEATH 2nd June 2018
Place of death Aachen