Marie-Louise Bischofberger

Marie-Louise Bischofberger (born in Winterthur in the 20th century ) is a Swiss dramaturge , librettist , choreographer and director . She has worked with director Luc Bondy since 1993 .

Life

Marie-Louise Bischofberger completed studies in Hispanic studies , literary criticism and anthropological psychology at the University of Zurich . From 1993 she worked as a dramaturgist for Luc Bondy for numerous theater and opera productions, including Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman at the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne , L'Illusioniste and Faisons un rêve by Sacha Guitry at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin, Verdi's Don Carlos at the Théâtre du Châtelet and Yasmina Rezas Une Pièce espagnole at the Théâtre de la Madeleine in Paris. After working on Philippe Boesmans ' opera Reigen after Arthur Schnitzler at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, she was also co-librettist with Bondy for three other operas by this composer: Winter's Tales after Shakespeare (Théâtre de la Monnaie Brussels and Opéra de Lyon , 1999) , Julie after August Strindberg ( Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2005) and Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne after Witold Gombrowicz ( Opéra Garnier Paris, 2009). At La Scala in Milan in 2007 she took on the new production of Bondy's Salome production, which was created for the Salzburg Festival in 1992 . In 2014 she supported Bondy in the world premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie's opera Charlotte Salomon at the Salzburg Festival.

Marie-Louise Bischofberger created a ten-part radio play version of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Der Junker von Ballantrae for the radio station France Culture and has also worked as a director since 1997.

The artist was married to the theater director Luc Bondy (1948–2015) until his death. The marriage resulted in twins, a daughter and a son.

personal data
SURNAME	Bischofberger, Marie-Louise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss dramaturge, librettist, choreographer and director
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Winterthur , Canton of Zurich , Switzerland