Norbert Abels
Norbert Abels (* 1953 in Schmallenberg ) is a German dramaturge , journalist , cultural scientist and musician.
Life
Norbert Abels studied literature and musicology , philosophy and Jewish studies at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . In addition to numerous cultural and historical articles and essays, he published monographs on Arthur Schnitzler , Franz Werfel and Benjamin Britten . From 1987 he worked on various stages in Europe, the USA, Israel and Japan as a dramaturgical partner for directors such as Ruth Berghaus , Calixto Bieito , Nicolas Brieger , Tankred Dorst , Adolf Dresen , Matthias and Thomas Langhoff , Christoph Marthaler , Peter Sellars , Herbert Wernicke and Robert Wilson . In 1997 he became head dramaturge at the Hessian State Theater in Wiesbaden , and since 1998 he has been chief dramaturge at the Frankfurt Opera . He teaches at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main (since 1981), at the schools of the German book trade (since 1983) and the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (since 2002) and as a professor at the Folkwang University in Essen . Since 2006 Norbert Abels has been a member of the German Academy of Performing Arts .
Works
Texts
- Security is nowhere. Enlightenment and Judaism with Arthur Schnitzler . Athenaeum Verlag, Bodenheim 1982. ISBN 978-3761081693
- Franz Werfel . Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1990. New edition 2002 (Rowohlt's monographs). ISBN 978-3-499-50472-3
- Literature in the book trade (together with Rainer Dorner and others). Bramann Verlag, Frankfurt 1999. - New edition 2001. ISBN 3-934054-23-4
- Vivat Verdi. The composer and his performance history at the Frankfurt Opera (together with Beate Maurer). Frankfurt 2003
- Benjamin Britten . Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2007 (Rowohlt's monographs). . - Reviews: [1] [2]
- Theatre. The most important spectacles from ancient times to today . Gerstenberg Verlag, Hildesheim 2008. ISBN 978-3-8369-2526-6
- Philip Roth . Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008. ISBN 978-3-518-18229-1 [not yet published!]
- Ear theater - Scenes from an opera story - 81 essays . axel dielmann - verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2009. ISBN 978-3-86638-008-0
- Reading music - the languages of opera . axel dielmann - verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2016. ISBN 978-3-86638-222-0
- Benjamin Britten . Boosey & Hawkes Bote & Bock GmbH, Berlin 2017. ISBN 978-3-7931-4047-4
music
- Songs based on texts by Samuel Taylor Coleridge , Edgar Allan Poe , WH Auden , Robert Graves and others. a.
Recordings
- Galaxy (= Waniyetula ): Nature's Clear Well (1978). Richard Kersten (voc, g, acoustic g), Norbert Abels (key, voc), Hermann Beckert (b), Victor Bergmann (dr, perc), Heinz Kühne (g, acoustic g, voc)
- Waniyetula : Iron City [3] . Heinz Kühne (g, voc, key), Hermann Beckert (b), Thomas Goerdten (dr), Richard Kersten (acoustic g, voc), Norbert Abels (key)
- Waniyetula : A Dream Within A Dream (LP 1983, CD 2004). Texts: Edgar Allan Poe. Heinz Kühne (voc, g), Stephan Remes (dr, voc), Hermann Beckert (b), Norbert Abels (key), Ralph Brandmüller (acoustic g, tamb)
Web links
- Literature by and about Norbert Abels in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Norbert Abels at perlentaucher.de
- Folkwang University
- Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts ( memento from June 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 25, 2013.
- Interview with Norbert Abels at www.top-magazin-frankfurt.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abels, Norbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dramaturge. Literary scholar and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schmallenberg |