Klaus Dieter Kirst
Klaus Dieter Kirst (born September 14, 1940 in Meiningen ) is a German opera and theater director .
Life
Klaus Dieter Kirst studied theater studies at the Leipzig Theater Academy from 1960 to 1964 . From 1964 worked as an assistant director, from 1969 as a director at the Dresden State Theater . Since 1977 guest productions have followed at various theaters and opera houses, including in Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Wuppertal, Graz.
In 1989 he directed the play " The Knights of the Round Table " by Christoph Hein , which associated parallels with the end of the GDR .
Kirst is a member of the Saxon Academy of the Arts .
Kirst lives in Dresden .
Awards
- 1978 Art Prize of the GDR
- 1987 Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize of the City of Dresden
- Since 2010 he has been an honorary member of the Dresden State Theater
Productions (selection)
State Theater Dresden:
- 1969 Mrs. Jenny Treibel (Claus Hammel)
- 1973 Adam and Eve (Hacks)
- 1976 Conversation in the Stein house about the absent Herr von Goethe (Hacks)
- 1976 Lithuanian pianos, opera for actors based on the novel by Johannes Bobrowski ( Rainer Kunad / Gerhard Wolf )
- 1977 Elektra (Sophocles)
- 1979 Nathan the Wise (Lessing)
- 1980 Seneca's Death (Hacks)
- 1982 A Winter's Tale (Shakespeare)
- 1985 The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare)
- 1987 Passage (Christoph Hein)
- 1989 The Knights of the Round Table (Christoph Hein)
- 1991 Threepenny Opera (Brecht / Weill)
- 1995 Demons (Noren)
- 1996 The Broken Jug (Kleist)
- 1997 The Black Rider (Wilson / Waits / Borroughs)
- 1997 Gyges and his ring (Hebbel)
- 1998 Saint Joan of the slaughterhouses (Brecht)
- 1999 Iphigenia on Tauris (Goethe)
- 2001 Judith (Hebbel)
- 2004 The Misanthrope (Molière)
Other houses:
- 1977 Lulu (Wedekind), Graz
- 1987 Filumena Marturano (De Filippo), Theater in der Josefstadt Vienna
- 1988 The wedding of Figaro (Mozart), Bremen Opera House
- 1993 The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart), Aalto-Theater Essen
- 1994–96 Der Ring des Nibelungen (Wagner), Aalto-Theater Essen
- 1994 Das Rheingold (Wagner), National Theater Mannheim
- 1995–96 Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung (Wagner), Nationaltheater Mannheim
- 2000 Die Zauberflöte (Mozart), State Operetta Dresden
- 2000 The Troubadour (Verdi), Mannheim National Theater
literature
- Short biography for: Kirst, Klaus Dieter . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kirst, Klaus Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meiningen |