PETER STEIN |
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Born in Berlin in 1937. Studied German language and literature as well as history of art in Frankfurt and Munich. Student theatre. Translations, reviews and dramaturgical work. From 1964 assistant director at the Munich Kammerspiele. His first production as director: Saved by Edward Bond at the Werkraumtheater (first German performance, 1967). Some of his earlier works include in 1967 Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich Schiller in Bremen, in 1968 Im Dickicht der Städte by Brecht at Kammerspiele Munich and in 1969 the controversial Vietnam-Diskurs by Peter Weiss. 1970 founder of the Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer/Westberlin. In the years to follow Peter Stein’s work at the Schaubühne Berlin strongly influenced the German theatre at large. Some of his most important productions of this time are Peer Gynt by Henryk Ibsen in 1971, Prinz Friedrich von Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist; Die Unvernünftigen Sterben Aus by Peter Handke in 1974 and Class Enemy by Nigel Williams in 1981. In 1989 he directed Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus at the Teatro Ateneo in Rome (in Italian), followed by Julius Caesar in 1992 and Antony & Cleopatra in 1994 for Felsenreitschule in Salzburg.
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In 2000 he realized the highly acclaimed integral version of FAUST I & II at the EXPO in Hanover with revivals in Berlin and Vienna in 2001.
Peter Stein began his directing for opera in 1976 with Rheingold in Paris. He realized various productions for Welsh National Opera/Cardiff. From 1991 - 1997 he was director of the theatre at the Salzburg Festival. His recent opera works include Moses & Aron by A. Schönberg (cond.: Pierre Boulez) at Netherlands Opera & Salzburg Festival, Wozzeck by Alban Berg in 1997, Simone Boccanegra (G. Verdi) for Salzburg in 1999 (conductor: Claudio Abbado) and Tatjana Repina at La Scala/Milano in 2000. |
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