Wilfried Werz
Wilfried Werz (born November 27, 1930 in Dresden ; † August 14, 2014 in Glienicke / Nordbahn near Berlin) was a German stage and costume designer .
From 1940 to 1949 he attended the German High School for Boys in Dresden-Plauen . After studying at the Dresden Art School, he worked from 1965 as head of equipment at the German State Opera in Berlin . From 1976 to 1995 he was the company's chief set designer. Since 1979 he has been an honorary professor and full professor at the art academies in Berlin-Weissensee and Dresden. In retirement he devoted himself to free landscape painting.
He lived in Glienicke / Nordbahn .
Wilfried Werz was married to Isolde Werz, longtime solo harpist and chamber virtuoso at the Komische Oper Berlin.
Children: Tilman Werz and Anna-Sophia Werz
Selected Works
- 1959 Set design for Madame Dubarry by Carl Millöcker in the production of Erhard Fischer in the Metropol-Theater Berlin .
- 1960 Set design for The Opera Ball by Richard Heuberger in the production of Ch. Morgenstern in the Metropol-Theater Berlin.
- 1963 Set for Knight Bluebeard by Jacques Offenbach in a production by Walter Felsenstein in the Komische Oper Berlin .
- 1964 Set for Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss in the production by Erhard Fischer in the German State Opera Berlin.
- 1966 Set for Alcina by Handel in the production by Heinz Rückert in the Halle Opera .
- 1969 Set for The Nose by Dmitri Shostakovich in the production by Erhard Fischer in the German State Opera Berlin.
- 1972 Set design for Carmen by Georges Bizet in a production by Walter Felsenstein at the Komische Oper Berlin.
- 1979 Set for Salome by Richard Strauss in a production by Harry Kupfer in the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin.
- 1981 Set design for the ballet Romeo and Juliet by Sergej Prokofjew in the choreography by Hermann Rudolph in the German State Opera Berlin.
- 1981 Stage design for the Mastersingers by Richard Wagner in a production by Harry Kupfer in the Komische Oper Berlin.
- 1983 Set design for the ballet Cinderella by Sergej Prokofjew in the choreography by Brigitte Thom in the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin.
- 1984 Set design for The Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai , staged by Erhard Fischer in the German State Opera Berlin.
- 1988 Set design for Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini in a production by Horst Bonnet in the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin.
- 1988 Stage design and costumes for Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Dmitri Shostakovich in a production by Harry Kupfer at the Cologne City Opera .
- 1992 Set design for The Woman Without a Shadow by Richard Strauss in a production by Harry Kupfer in Het Muziektheater Amsterdam.
literature
- Dieter Kranz: Berlin theater. 100 performances from three decades , Berlin 1990 - Conversations with Erhard Fischer and Werz about Ariadne auf Naxos (pp. 97–100), Die Nase (143–147), Die Teufel von Loudun (241–244), and Die Wundersame Schustersfrau von Carpenter (369-373).
- Isolde Werz: Wilfried Werz. Stage picture book. Edition Zwiefach, Berlin, 2010, ISBN 978-3-940408-15-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilfried Werz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wilfried Werz at Operabase (engagements and dates)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Set designer - a dream job. In: 100 Years of the Dresden-Plauen Gymnasium, annual report 1995/96 p. 126
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Werz, Wilfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German stage and costume designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 2014 |
| Place of death | Glienicke / Northern Railway |