Stefan Herheim
Norwegian director Stefan Herheim inside The Norwegian National Opera. Photo: Per-Erik Skramstad / Wagneropera.net
Stefan Herheim (born 1970) is a Norwegian stage director based in Germany. He studied stage direction with Götz Friedrich at the Hamburg University of Music and Performing Arts in 1994. The magazine Opernwelt named him stage director of the year 2007 (Regisseur des Jahres). Recent Wagner productions include Parsifal at Bayreuth and Lohengrin at Staatsoper, Berlin.
Stefan Herheim's Wagner productions
- Wagner: Tannhäuser (The Norwegian National Opera, Oslo, premiere March 2010)
- Wagner: Lohengrin (Berlin: Deutsche Staatsoper).
- Wagner: Tannhäuser (Landestheater Linz)
- Wagner: Parsifal (Bayreuther Festspiele), premiere 2008
- Wagner: Das Rheingold (Riga: Latvian National Opera/Bergen Festival, 2006)
All productions chronologically
- R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Stuttgart: Staatsoper, premiere 1 November 2009)
- R. Wagner: Lohengrin (Berlin: Deutsche Staatsoper, 2009)
- A. Dvorak: Rusalka (Bruxelles: Theatre de la Monnaie/de Munt, 2008)
- R. Wagner: Parsifal (Bayreuther Festspiele, 2008, 2009)
- W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni (Essen: Aalto-Theater, 2007, 2008, 2009)
- G. Bizet: Carmen (Oper Graz, 2006)
- R. Wagner: Das Rheingold (Riga: Latvian National Opera/Bergen Festival, 2006)
- G. Verdi: La forza del destino (Berlin: Deutsche Staatsoper, 2005, 2006, 2007)
- G.F. Händel: Giulio Cesare (Oslo: Norwegian National Opera, 2005, 2007)
- G. Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Wiener Volksoper, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008)
- G. Verdi: Don Carlo (Landestheater Linz, 2003)
- W.A. Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Salzburger Festspiele, 2003, 2004, 2006)
- V. Bellini: I Puritani (Essen: Aalto Theater, 2003, 2009)
- W.A. Mozart: Così fan tutte (Stockholm: Folkoperan, 2002)
- A. Werner: Marlowe: Der Jude von Malta (Münchener Biennale, 2002)
- R. Wagner: Tannhäuser (Landestheater Linz, 2001)
- G. Verdi: Falstaff (Staatstheater Oldenburg, 2001)
- W.A. Mozart: Così fan tutte (Estonia: Vanemuine Theater, 2000)
- W.A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Staatstheater Oldenburg, 2000)
Photo: Enrico Nawrath/Bayreuther Festspiele.
Stefan Herheim's planned new productions and co-productions:
- A. Dvorak: Rusalka (Oper Graz, Dezember 2009, Dresden 2012)
- R. Wagner: Tannhäuser (Oslo: Norwegian National Opera, Oslo, March 2010)
March 2010: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27. See Calendar - A. Berg: Lulu (Copenhagen: October 2010, Oslo: February 2011, Dresden 2012)
- R. Strauss: Salome (Salzburger Osterfestspiele 2011)
- P. Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin (Amsterdam, De Nederlandse Opera, June 2011)
- G. Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Oper Graz, 2012)
- G.F. Händel: Xerxes (Berlin: Komische Oper, 2012)
Awards
Stefan Herheim won the prize for best Norwegian musical achievement 2007/2008 from the Norwegian Critics’ Association for his production of Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival.
Stage Director of the Year 2007 (Opernwelt)
Stefan Herheim was awarded the prize for Best Director, the Regiepreis der Götz Friedrich Stiftung 2003 for his production of I Puritani at the Aalto Theater in Essen.
Stefan Herheim productions on DVD
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Salzburg Festival)
(The Bayreuth Parsifal was scheduled for DVD release in 2010, but was cancelled for reasons no one understands.)
Conductor Daniele Gatti, director Stefan Herheim and Mihoko Fujimura (Kundry) discussing the score.
Photo: Enrico Nawrath/Bayreuther Festspiele.
Stefan Herheim rehearsing Parsifal at Bayreuth 2008
Links to interviews etc.
- Der fliegende Norweger (interview with Focus.de in German on religion)
- "Dem Werk stand ich lange skeptisch gegenüber" (Stefan Herheim interviewed by festspiele.de)
- Interview with dramaturg Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach about Lohengrin
- Stefan Herheim: Teateret er mitt tempel. Om Parsifal i Bayreuth. (Interview in Norwegian)
- Stefan Herheim om å arbeide i Bayreuth (Interview in Norwegian)
- Stefan Herheim om samarbeidet med Daniele Gatti, om valg av tempi og om iscenesettelse av forspill (Interview in Norwegian)
Stefan Herheim. Photo: Erik Berg / Den Norske Opera
Read about Stefan Herheim's production of Parsifal in Bayreuth
With thanks to Enrico Nawrath the Bayreuther Festspiele for friendly assistance and kind permission.
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