Reinhart Zimmermann
Reinhart Zimmermann (born March 1, 1936 in Erfurt ; † July 11, 2011 in Berlin ) was a German set designer and head of equipment at the Komische Oper Berlin .
Reinhart Zimmermann first completed an apprenticeship as an advertising designer and theater painter in Erfurt. He started at the Landestheater Halle in 1954 as a set design assistant. He then moved to the Komische Oper Berlin as Rudolf Heinrich's assistant , where he had worked as a stage designer from 1961 and as head of equipment from 1963.
His best-known works include the following equipment:
- to Walter Felsenstein's staging of the wedding of Figaro
- to Joachim Herz 's productions of Mahagonny and Madama Butterfly
- to Götz Friedrich's productions of Jenůfa , Salome and Porgy and Bess
- on Harry Kupfer's productions of Così fan tutte , Boris Godunow , Siegfried Matthus ' Judith , on Rimski-Korsakow's fairy tales of Tsar Saltan and Aribert Reimann's Lear
Reinhart Zimmermann played a key role in the productions by Felsenstein, Friedrich, Herz, Kupfer and Christine Mielitz .
In addition to his work for Berlin, he designed as a guest set designer for the opera houses in Amsterdam , Cardiff , Dresden , Copenhagen , Leipzig , London , Moscow , Munich , Paris , San Francisco , Stockholm , Vancouver , Vienna and Zurich .
Publications
- Contributions to: Yearbook Komische Oper Berlin , Oper heute
Filmography
- 1966: Don Giovanni (theater recording)
- 1970: Hoffmann's Tales (studio recording)
- 1976: The Marriage of Figaro (theater recording)
Web links
- Reinhart Zimmermann obituary
- Reinhart Zimmermann archive in the archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Zimmermann, Reinhart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German set designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 2011 |
| Place of death | Berlin |