Otto Schenk

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Otto Schenk (2010)

Otto Schenk (born June 12, 1930 in Vienna ) is an Austrian actor , cabaret artist , director and artistic director .

Life

Otto Schenk was born to Catholic parents. His grandfather was the Viennese embryologist Samuel Leopold Schenk . Since his grandparents were baptized Jews on his father's side, his father was discriminated against under the Nuremberg Laws after the " Anschluss of Austria " in 1938 . Therefore he lost his previous job as a lawyer. He was spared further persecution because he was married to an “ Aryan ” and thus lived in a “ privileged mixed marriage ”. Otto Schenk, on the other hand, had to temporarily join the " German Young People ", but was excluded again a little later because the National Socialists classified him as a " mixed race ".

Schenk grew up with his sister in the first district of Vienna and reported about it in the ORF documentary " Meine Innere Stadt " (2017).

After completing his training at the Max Reinhardt Seminar , he began his career at the Theater in der Josefstadt and at the Vienna Volkstheater . From 1953 he directed various productions in Viennese theaters. In 1957 he staged his first opera ( Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ) at the Salzburg State Theater . Schenk has played and staged at the most important theaters and opera houses in the world, including the Vienna Burgtheater , the Münchner Kammerspiele , the Vienna State Opera , the New York Metropolitan Opera , the Milan Scala and the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden , London. He worked on other opera productions for the Deutsche Oper Berlin , the Bavarian State Opera and the Hamburg State Opera .

In 1956 Schenk married Renée Michaelis, whom he had met at the Reinhardt Seminar; In 1957 their son Konstantin was born.

From 1986 to 1988 Schenk was a member of the board of directors of the Salzburg Festival , from 1988 to 1997 Otto Schenk was director of the Theater in der Josefstadt (together with Robert Jungbluth ). For his expressive Wagner interpretations he received the " Anton Seidl Prize " ( Anton Seidl Award ) of the " Wagner Society of New York " in 2009 .

As a cabaret artist, Schenk already appeared in the Simpl cabaret in the 1950s , but in recent decades has delighted audiences throughout the German-speaking world with his reading evenings under the motto “Things to Laugh”. Numerous records accompany this activity in which he always plays the same role - the gift.

Theater (selection)

Directorial work

The following is a selection of productions at opera and theaters:

Acting roles

Filmography (selection)

Synchronous roles

  • Above (Up, voice actor for Carl Fredricksen - Austrian version)

Books

  • Guaranteed to make you laugh. Joke collection. Piper, 2003.
  • On the outside, I'm much younger. A piece of my life. Piper, 2006.
  • Things to laugh about. A reader. 16th edition. Piper, 2006.
  • It is your own fault who cooks. Eated memoirs. Amalthea, 2007.
  • That's why the whole theater. Nothing is as weird as life. Amalthea, 2008.
  • It wasn't always weird. Notes from my first 80 years. Amalthea, 2010.
  • Why I am so bored… . Amalthea, 2012.
  • Light sketches. New York and Venice in the 1960s. Ed. Ronnie Niedermeyer , Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, 2014.
  • I still stay a little liquid and superfluous. With picture stories by Fritz von der Schulenburg and lists of theater roles as well as directing work for drama, opera and operetta. Amalthea, 2014.
  • I can't help it. Touching and stirring. Amalthea, 2016.
  • Whoever hears it will be happy. Musical and non-musical , Amalthea Signum, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-99050-139-9
  • Gift The book: An intimate picture of life , together with Michael Horowitz , Molden / Styria, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-222-15047-0

DVDs (selection)

On the occasion of Otto Schenk's 75th birthday, the anniversary edition 1 was published in 2005 : I've always taken humor very seriously on 6 DVDs.

  • Things to laugh about (readings)
  • The great moment of Josef Bieder
  • Laughter successes
  • Best Skits (ZDF)
  • The lodger
  • My grandpa is the best

In 2010, on the occasion of the 80th birthday, the anniversary edition 2: Sternstunden and old hats was also published on 6 DVDs.

  • Great moments and old hats
  • Guaranteed to make you laugh
  • Sonny Boys
  • Grimm's Fairytales
  • August the lucky one
  • Schenk reads Schwejk

Awards

Comic tribute

In the comic book Der Blöde und der Gscheite - The best double conferences (Text: Hugo Wiener | Drawings: Reinhard Trinkler | Amalthea Signum Verlag ), the main character drawn is modeled on the sausage man Otto Schenk, a reminiscence of his role in the ORF television series Heiße on Saturday .

Web links

Commons : Otto Schenk  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Schenk, Paulus Manker, Brigitte Swoboda and Peter Rapp present “My Inner City” on July 16; apa.at accessed on July 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ Herbert Fechter, Franz Endler (ed.): Otto Schenk: Outwardly, I'm much younger. With lists of theater roles and directing work for drama, opera and operetta. Amalthea, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85002-535-7 , p. 271.
  3. ↑ Internet presence of the Bavarian State Opera , accessed on January 23, 2015
  4. ^ Anthony Tommasini: "Don Pasquale" in a New Production at the Met by Otto Schenk . In: The New York Times . April 3, 2006
  5. ↑ guido.tartarotti: When death presses on the bladder . ( kurier.at [accessed on March 24, 2018]).
  6. ↑ pieces. Retrieved April 7, 2020 .
  7. ↑ http://shop.orf.at/shop.tmpl?art=4321&lang=DE  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / shop.orf.at  
  8. ↑ Mailath presents Otto Schenk with a certificate of citizenship from Vienna City Hall correspondence from June 11, 2010 (accessed on June 11, 2010)
  9. ↑ Die Buchlieblinge 2014 ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 21, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buchliebling.at
  10. ↑ Honored for life's work: Platinum Romy for Schenk . In: orf.at , March 21, 2016, accessed on March 21, 2016.
  11. ↑ Books. Retrieved March 25, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Schenk, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, cabaret artist, director, artistic director and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna