Philipp Harnoncourt (director)
Philipp Harnoncourt (born September 20, 1955 in Vienna ) is an Austrian director , playwright and lighting designer .
biography
The son of Alice Harnoncourt and Nikolaus Harnoncourt worked in the theater business from a young age. First he designed the lighting and stage design for numerous opera, dance and theater productions. Inspired by his first experiences with the baroque opera cycle of the Wiener Schauspielhaus , he has also been working increasingly as a director since the mid-1990s. Philipp Harnoncourt also appeared as an author of plays.
From 1993 to 2002 Philipp Harnoncourt was the technical director of the Viennese dance festival ImPulsTanz , and in the 2000/01 opera season he was also the manager of the Wiener Schauspielhaus under Hans Gratzer . 2006–2008 he staged an opera every year at the classical music festival “Kultur im Schloss Kirchstetten ”.
Selected works
As a light designer
- 1996: Persephone at Art Carnuntum, directed by Robert Wilson
- 1996: Viennese blood for the Vienna State Opera Ballet, choreography: Renato Zanella
- 1996: The Gypsy Baron in the Wiener Konzerthaus , director: Jürgen Flimm , conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
- 1998: Hirlanda siren opera theater , directed by Kristine Tornquist
- 2000: Sacre Material at ImPulsTanz, choreography: Christine Gaigg
- 2007: About animals by Elfriede Jelinek at the Theater am Neumarkt Zurich , and in the Tanzquartier Wien , choreography: Christine Gaigg
As a director
- 1996: Midsummer Night's Dream ( Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy ) at the styriarte and in the Wiener Konzerthaus
- 2001: Piramo e Tisbe ( Johann Adolph Hasse ) in the Wiener Schauspielhaus
- 2002: Pagliacci ( Ruggero Leoncavallo ) at the Kiev National Opera
- 2005: Pygmalion ( George Bernard Shaw ) for Theater Absolut
- 2005: The begging student ( Carl Millöcker ) at the Tiroler Landestheater
- 2006: The obligation of the first commandment ( Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ) at the Theater an der Wien
- 2006: The Magic Flute (WA Mozart) at the Heidenheim Opera Festival
- 2006: Così fan tutte (WA Mozart) at Kultur im Schloss Kirchstetten
- 2007: Hoffmanns Tales ( Jacques Offenbach ) at the Ostseespiele Stralsund of the Theater Vorpommern
- 2007: The Abduction from the Seraglio (WA Mozart) at Kultur im Schloss Kirchstetten
- 2007: Hansel and Gretel ( Engelbert Humperdinck ) at Ballhaus Rosenheim
- 2008: Alcione ( Marin Marais ) at the Odeon Vienna as the first scenic performance of this opera in 237 years
- 2008: Idomeneo (WA Mozart) at styriarte in co-direction with Nikolaus Harnoncourt
- 2008: La Cenerentola ( Gioachino Rossini ) at Kultur im Schloss Kirchstetten
- 2009: The Last Supper ( Harrison Birtwistle ), Neue Oper Wien
- 2010: Angel from Fire ( Sergej Prokofieff ), Odeon
- 2013: Barbe-Bleue (J. Offenbach) Graz
- 2015: The Gypsy Baron ( Johann Strauss (son) ), Langenlois Castle Festival
- 2016: In the White Horse Inn ( Ralph Benatzky ), Langenlois Castle Festival
- 2016: Porgy and Bess ( George Gershwin ), Teatro alla Scala , conductor: Alan Gilbert
As a playwright
- Be a partisan! , WP 1987, Vienna
- Orfeus and Eurydice on Alpha Centauri , premier 1996, Klagenfurt
- A day in Khaled's garden
- The blue ox
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Harnoncourt, Philipp |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian director |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th September 1955 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |