Yona Kim
Yona Kim is a South Korean theater director and librettist who lives and works in Germany.
Life
Kim studied philosophy, art history, literature and theater studies at the University of Vienna , where she received her doctorate in philosophy with a dissertation on Ingeborg Bachmann . In addition to her studies, she completed dance training.
Create
Today Kim works as an opera director and librettist and is just as at home with opera classics as with new music. She staged operatic works and wrote opera libretti at the Stuttgart State Opera , the Hamburg State Opera , the National Theater Mannheim , the Semperoper Dresden , at the Munich Biennale and the Schwetzingen Festival . She teaches as a lecturer in musical theater directing at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater.
Awards
- The libretto for "Böse Geister" ( Nationaltheater Mannheim ): World premiere in 2014 in the opera world
- The production of “ Genoveva ” ( Nationaltheater Mannheim ): Director of the year 2017 in the readers' vote of the opera world
Nominations
- “Pnima” ( Stuttgart State Opera ): Best Direction for Music Theater 2011 at the German Theater Prize Faust
- “Mama Dolorosa” ( Munich Biennale ): World premiere in 2013 in the opera world
- " Die Vögel " ( Theater Osnabrück ): Director of the year 2014 in the opera world
- "We congratulate / Der Ring des Polykrates " ( Theater Heidelberg ): Director of the year 2017 in the opera world
Works (selection)
Director
- 2005: Il combattimento / Infinito nero, Wuppertaler Bühnen
- 2006: Zaide , Wuppertaler Bühnen
- 2008: Madama Butterfly , Theater Augsburg
- 2009: La traviata , Theater Erfurt / Chemnitz
- 2010: L´isola disabitata , Vienna Chamber Opera
- 2010: Pnima, State Opera Stuttgart
- 2010: Lucia di Lammermoor , Theater Augsburg
- 2010: Eugen Onegin , Theater Bern
- 2011: Manon Lescaut , Theater Freiburg
- 2011: Tristan and Isolde , Braunschweig State Theater
- 2012: Mama Dolorosa, 13th Munich Biennale
- 2012: Aida , Theater Osnabrück
- 2013: Parsifal , Braunschweig State Theater
- 2014: The Bartered Bride , Theater Münster
- 2014: The Birds , Theater Osnabrück
- 2014: Pelléas et Mélisande , Theater Augsburg
- 2014: Un ballo in maschera , Heidelberg Theater
- 2015: Norma , State Theater Kassel
- 2015: The Abduction from the Seraglio , Korea National Opera
- 2016: Lohengrin , Theater Osnabrück
- 2016: Didone abbandonata , Handel Festival Halle / Winter in Schwetzingen
- 2017: We congratulate / Der Ring des Polykrates , Theater Heidelberg
- 2017: Genoveva , National Theater Mannheim
- 2018: La verità in cimento , Theater Heidelberg / Winter in Schwetzingen
- 2018: Benjamin, Hamburg State Opera
- 2018: Fidelio , Theater Osnabrück
- 2018: Ernani , National Theater Mannheim
- 2019: Carmen , by Georges Bizet , Nationaltheater Mannheim
- 2020: Norma , by Vincenzo Bellini , Hamburg State Opera
Listed libretti (selection)
- "Benjamin" by Peter Ruzicka , Hamburg State Opera 2018
- “Bad Spirits” by Adriana Hölszky , Nationaltheater Mannheim 2014
- "Mama Dolorosa" by Eunyoung Kim, Munich Biennale 2013
- “Hybris / Niobe” by Adriana Hölszky Schwetzinger Festspiele / Teatro Sao Carlos Lisbon 2008
- " The Good God of Manhattan " by Adriana Hölszky , Schwetzinger Festspiele / Semperoper Dresden 2004
Web links
- Critique of "Böse Geister" at the Nationaltheater Mannheim auf welt
- Yona Kim on Verdi productions at Die deutsche Bühne
- Critique of "Benjamin" at the Hamburg State Opera in the Frankfurter Allgemeine
- Review by Helmut Peters on the world of "Benjamin"
- Documentary contribution to "Pnima" on vimeo (4:13 min)
- Track trailer with commentary by the director on "Genoveva" at the Nationaltheater Mannheim on Youtube (4:39 Min)
- Track trailer for "Benjamin" at the Hamburg State Opera on Youtube (2.30 min)
- Track trailer with commentary by the director on "We congratulate / The Ring of Polycrates" on Youtube (3:19 Min)
Individual evidence
- ^ Heidelberg theater and orchestra: Yona Kim. Retrieved November 18, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Michael Merschmeier, Der Theaterverlag: free. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Michael Merschmeier, Der Theaterverlag: Opernwelt - Archive. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ↑ DER FAUST 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ^ Yona Kim - Osnabrück Theater. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Ehresmann: Wuppertal: Infinito Nero / Online Music Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Staatsoper Stuttgart: Pnima, Chaya Czernowin | State Opera Stuttgart. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ↑ arttv.ch - cultural television on the net . In: arttv.ch . ( arttv.ch [accessed on November 18, 2018]).
- ↑ MANON LESCAUT - Freiburg, Theater | Operapoint BLOG. Retrieved November 18, 2018 (German).
- ^ Operas - Munich Biennale. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ^ Yona Kim - Osnabrück Theater. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ^ David Hohmann: David Hohmann - stage design: Parsifal (opera). Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ↑ The Bartered Bride | Comical opera by Bedřich Smetana. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ↑ LOVE, DESPERATION, HOPE - Theater Osnabrück. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Stefan Dosch: “Pelléas et Mélisande”: She keeps the blue dress to the last . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on November 18, 2018]).
- ^ Heidelberg theater and orchestra: Un ballo in maschera. Retrieved November 18, 2018 (German).
- ↑ La verità in cimento. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Operabase - artist. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ^ The German stage. Retrieved March 17, 2020 .
- ↑ NORMA - great singers, questionable production. In: opera figures. March 9, 2020, accessed on March 18, 2020 (German).
- ^ NTM - Nationaltheater Mannheim - Bad Spirits. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Maria Kostakeva: Schwetzingen Festival 2008 - Niobe, regina di Tebe / online music magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Markus Hillenbrand: Klassika: Adriana Hölszky (born 1953): The good God of Manhattan. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kim, Yona |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean theater director and librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |