Ulrich Brecht
Ulrich Brecht (born October 8, 1927 in Wertheim ; † July 21, 2003 ) was a German director and theater manager .
career
From 1946 to 1949, Brecht studied law , philosophy and art history in Heidelberg and Göttingen and was also instructed in acting and dramaturgy by Gustav Rudolf Sellner in Hamburg. From 1949 he was employed as an assistant director in Kiel , but was also active as an actor and dramaturgist.
From 1951 Brecht was engaged in Darmstadt under Sellner as a director for drama and opera, then also as a dramaturge at the Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden . He switched to theater management for the first time as deputy director and senior stage director at the Lucerne City Theater . He was senior director again at the State Theater in Oldenburg and at the Theater Lübeck .
From 1962 to 1966, Brecht took over the management of the Städtische Bühnen in Ulm , where he first undertook many directing experiments. In 1966 this led to the position of artistic director at the Kassel State Theater . Brecht made the theater one of the leading houses. His Antigone was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen . Together with Gerd Albrecht and Ulrich Melchinger , he was responsible for the Kassel Ring des Nibelungen , which exerted a significant influence on Joachim Herz and Patrice Chéreau . Classics and modern authors alike were opened up through new directing concepts, and Bernd Alois Zimmermann's opera The Soldiers was rehearsed.
In 1970 Brecht then moved to the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in the same function . From 1978 to 1983 Brecht was general manager at the Essen Theater and from 1983 for six seasons at the Freiburg Theater.
Afterwards, Brecht only worked as a freelance director, including in Mainz , Oberhausen , Saarbrücken , Ulm , Kaiserslautern and Potsdam .
Literature (selection)
- Thomas Blubacher : Ulrich Brecht . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 266.
- Helga Mohaupt, Rudolf Majer-Finkes: The Grillo Theater. History of a theater building in Essen. 1892-1990 . With documentation by Rudolf Majer-Finkes. Bouvier, Bonn 1990, ISBN 3-416-80661-1 .
- Jürgen Dieter Waidelich : Essen plays theater. 1000 and one hundred years. For the 100th birthday of the Grillo Theater. Volume 1 (1992) and Volume 2 (1994). ECON-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1992–1994, ISBN 3-430-19452-0 (vol. 1), ISBN 3-430-19454-7 (vol. 2)
- Ulrich Brecht , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 37/1987 of August 31, 1987, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Brecht, Ulrich, p. 56 .
Web links
- Ulrich Brecht at the Staatstheater Kassel in the HNA Regiowiki
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brecht, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and theater manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wertheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 2003 |