Reinhard von der Thannen

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Reinhard von der Thannen (* 1957 in Vorarlberg ) is an Austrian stage and costume designer and theater director .

Life

Von der Thannen comes from an old Vorarlberg family. He studied with Erich Wonder in Vienna . During his studies he already worked at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg , at the opera houses in Frankfurt and Cologne and at the Residenztheater in Munich with his first own works.

From 1987 to 1992 he worked at the Freie Volksbühne Berlin (director: Hans Neuenfels ). He also made a guest appearance at the same time. a. at the Opéra de Paris , at the Thalia Theater , the Hamburger Schauspielhaus and at the Hamburg State Opera , at the Theater Basel , at the Schauspiel - and at the Zurich Opera House , at the Burgtheater in Vienna , the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus , in Mainz , Darmstadt and Stuttgart , at the Schillertheater and on the Deutsche Oper Berlin , the Royal Stockholm Opera , the Malmö Music Theater , the Aaltotheater Essen , at the Wiener Festwochen , at the Vienna State Opera and at the Salzburg Festival .

When Antonio Salieri Catiline Reinhard led by the Thannen in their own facilities at the State Theater in Darmstadt 1994 debut as a director, in a production that was also the first performance of the work. His costumes for Aristophanes ' Die Frösche and Else Lasker-Schüler's Ich + Ich received the Berlin Critics' Prize for the most outstanding equipment and were bought by the Berlin Museum .

Von der Thannen has been voted "Costume Designer of the Year" by Opernwelt magazine several times . At the Zurich Opera House he created the costumes for Eugen Onegin and the outfits for Manon Lescaut and Andrea Chénier .

Since 2006, as the successor to Dirk von Bodisco , he has been Professor of Costume Design at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences . He has been married to Birgit von der Thannen since 1986, with whom he also works as a director and dramaturge.

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SURNAME Thannen, Reinhard von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian stage and costume designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Vorarlberg , Austria