Otto Schneidereit
Otto Schneidereit (born January 4, 1915 in Berlin , † November 30, 1978 in Leipzig ) was a German director , dramaturge and music writer with a focus on operetta .
Life
Schneidereit was the leading specialist in high-quality light music and operetta in the GDR . He also worked as a director for the DFF - in collaboration with Helmut Spieß and others . As head dramaturge of the Metropoltheater Berlin for many years , he influenced the development of the cheerful musical theater of socialist character in the transition between operetta and musical. With his research and positions he was decisive for the reception of the operetta in western Central Europe. He was decisively involved in the artistic, aesthetic and political discourses on the genres in the GDR, e. B. in the magazines Theater der Zeit and Theaterdienst.
He edited z. B. the operettas Fatinitza by Franz von Suppè and The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein by Jacques Offenbach . His production of Der Zigeunerbaron at the Dresden State Operetta (1952) was a decisive step towards the acceptance of this operetta in the GDR.
His operetta guide, published in numerous editions (1955 to 1986), mirrors the history of the genre and reception of operettas in the GDR.
Publications (selection)
- Otto Schneidereit: Johann Strauss and the city on the beautiful blue Danube
- Otto Schneidereit: Operettas A – Z - A foray through the world of operettas and musicals Berlin: Henschel 1971
- Otto Schneidereit: Eduard Künneke , the composer from Dingsda . Berlin: Henschel 1978
- Otto Schneidereit: Operetta Book - The World of Operetta. The world's operettas ; Berlin: Henschelverlag 1955 and 1964
- Otto Schneidereit: Operetta AZ. A journey through the world of operetta and musicals ; Berlin 1986: Henschel Verlag Art and Society
- Otto Schneidereit: operetta chats ; Berlin: Henschelverlag 1966
- Otto Schneidereit: Berlin, how it cries and laughs. Walks through Berlin's operetta history - Berlin: VEB Lied der Zeit Musikverlag 1968
- Otto Schneidereit: Fritzi Massary . Attempt of a portrait - Berlin: VEB Lied der Zeit Musikverlag 1970
- Otto Schneidereit: Paul Lincke and the making of the Berlin operetta - Berlin: Henschelverlag 1977
- Otto Schneidereit (edited by Sabine Tuch and Dirk-Joachim Glävke): Franz Lehár . A biography in quotations - Berlin 1984: VEB Lied der Zeit Musikverlag
- Otto Schneidereit: Franz von Suppé. A Viennese from Dalmatia - Berlin 1982: VEB Lied der Zeit music publisher
Textbooks for the cheerful music theater of the GDR (operetta, musical, musical comedy, etc.)
- Bolero Operetta - Music by Eberhard Schmidt - Text book by Otto Schneidereit - World premiere: September 15, 1952, Metropoltheater Berlin
- Who needs money Operetta - music by Guido Masanetz - text book by Otto Schneidereit (first version of In Frisco the devil is loose ) - World premiere: November 17, 1956, Metropoltheater Berlin
- The devil is going on in Frisco Operetta - Music by Guido Masanetz - New version of the text book Who needs money? by Otto Schneidereit with Maurycy Janowski - World premiere: November 17, 1956, Metropoltheater Berlin
Film direction
- 1961 - A handful of sheet music - director, screenplay
literature
- F.-B. Habel : The great lexicon of DEFA feature films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-349-7 , pp. 229-230 .
- Roland Dippel: Heiteres Musiktheater - Operetta in the German Democratic Republic (1949-1989) in: The world of operetta | Frivolous, erotic and modern (editors: Marie-Theres Arnbom , Kevin Clarke , Thomas Trabitsch ); Vienna 2011 (Christian Brandstätter Verlag) - pp. 213 to 239
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ready to tailor, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and music writer with a focus on operetta |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1978 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |