Michael Schilhan

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Michael Schilhan (* 1964 in Judenburg ) is an Austrian theater and opera director and theater director .

Life

Schilhan grew up in Wartberg / Mürz Valley. He studied cultural management at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz . He received his acting training in Salzburg. He completed several study visits to Moscow (GITIS Institute). This was followed by productions and a. for the Festival Steirischer Herbst 99 (world premiere Die Signature von Robert Wolf), the Volkstheater Wien ( WP Kopfäktschn by Robert Wolf), the International Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt ( Armida and L'isola disabitata by Joseph Haydn ; conductor: Ádám Fischer ). L'isola disabitata was ranked among the five best Austrian opera productions by SIM-Festivals magazine in 1999. In 1998 Schilhan received the audience award and the sponsorship award at the European competition for direction and stage design at the Wagner Forum Graz. He has also received several invitations to the Austrian Theatertreffen ( The Rhinos by Eugène Ionesco at the Volkstheater Vienna). He has also worked for the Salzburg State Theater , the Festspielhaus St. Pölten (2001 Satyagraha by Philip Glass ), and the Klagenfurt Ensemble (2003 In the Penal Colony by Philip Glass).

He has staged plays by the authors Georg Timber-Trattnig and Robert Wolf, Felix Mitterer , Peter Turrini , Werner Schwab , Frank Wedekind , Nigel Williams , Helmut Eisendle , Franz Kafka and others. a. m. Invitations to various theater festivals.

Schilhan has been artistic director of the Graz youth theater Next Liberty since the 2001/2002 season , and since September 1, 2004 its managing director.

In the 2004/05 season he staged Der Wildschütz at the Graz Opera .

Productions

Opera / musical / operetta

Spoken theater

Children and youth pieces

  • Jederboy, Walter Müller , UA, Klagenfurt, invitations to various children's theater festivals
  • Ixypsilonzett, FK Wächter, Wels, Theater im Kornspeicher
  • The witch Backa Racka, Collegium Capricio Klagenfurt
  • Me and an angel ?, Walter Müller, Next Liberty, UA
  • Cats, Jarleman, children's musical
  • Lisa and the frogs, F.Katt, stage in Hof St. Pölten
  • To Madagascar, Werner Geifrig , stage in Hof St. Pölten OEA
  • Playing Little Red Riding Hood, Hansjörg Schneider , Next Liberty
  • Everlasting Love, Walter Müller, Salzburger Landestheater
  • Playing Little Red Riding Hood, Hansjörg Schneider, Salzburg State Theater
  • Speech sample, Walter Müller, Next Liberty
  • Kikerikiste, Paul Maar , Next Liberty
  • Kikerikiste, Paul Maar, Klagenfurt Ensemble
  • The Gingerbread Man, David Wood , Next Liberty
  • Hillary the witch goes to the opera, Peter Lund , Next Liberty
  • Popcorn and porridge, Walter Müller, Next Liberty
  • The Little Prince of Denmark, Torsten Letser
  • Amadé and Antoinette, Thomas Birkmeir , Next Liberty
  • Everlasting Love, Walter Müller, Next Liberty
  • Super hen Hanna, Felix Mitterer, Next Liberty
  • Sindbad the Navigator, MP Gössler, Lower Austria State Theater
  • The unscrupulous murderer Hasse Karlsson, Henning Mankel , Next Liberty 2008
  • Ikarus, Graz Opera 2007
  • Around the world in 80 days, Oper Graz 2009
  • Lisa and the Frogs, Next Liberty 2010
  • Anton the mouse musical, Next Liberty 2010
  • Ronja the robber's daughter, Astrid Lindgren , Next Libertyin, Grazer Messe 2010
  • Breakfast with Wolf, Gertrud Pigor , Next Liberty, Grazer Messe 2012
  • Honk! G. Styles, Graz Opera 2013
  • The hunt for the high C, Felix Mitterer, Next Liberty 2013
  • Motte and Co, Gertrud Pigor, Next Liberty 2013
  • Frerk you dwarf !, Finn Ole Heynrich , Next Liberty 2014
  • Klaus in the closet, or the wrong Christmas party, Erich Kästner , Next Liberty 2014
  • Emil and the detectives, Marc Schubring and Wolfgang Adenberg , based on the novel by Erich Kästner, Oper Graz 2015

Video / performance

  • Metamorphoses of everyday life, TOI-Haus Salzburg, Ghetto Art-Salon, UA
  • Bridal fish lemon veil, Avantgarage Festival, Arge Nonntal, Salzburg
  • Cafe Zurich, production, script, direction, international film scene Salzburg
  • The big Richard Höllerbauer Show, Fake Event, Friesach

further activities

  • Wagnerforum Graz: "International Competition for Direction and Stage Design" 1997 on the subject of "Rheingold" by Richard Wagner, audience award and sponsorship award
  • Wagner Forum Graz: Juror for the awarding of the Bayreuth scholarships for stage designers Culture Advisory Board of the City of Graz
  • Guest speaker: International Center for Culture and Management Salzburg ICCM
  • Guest lecturer: National University Taipei, National University Kaoshiong (Taiwan)
  • Guest speaker: “Haydn and the Opera”, Academy of Sciences, Vienna Oct. 2009
  • Scholarship officer and member of the board of the Wagner Forum Graz

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personal data
SURNAME Schilhan, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theater and opera director and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Judenburg