August Everding

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August Everding (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈʔeːvɐdɪŋ]; 31 October 1928; Bottrop, Germany – 26 January 1999; Munich) was a German opera director and administrator.

He studied at the Universities of

Zurich Opera
,

In 1988 the Prinzregententheater was renovated under his patronage and could be reopened as theatre and opera house.[1] It also houses the Bavarian Theatre Academy.[2]

His productions were seen in all the major international houses: Vienna State Opera, Salzburg Festival. the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, La Scala, Milan, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Metropolitan Opera New York City, San Francisco Opera, Victoria State Opera,[3] and Opera Australia.

In the 1980s and 1990s he interviewed a great many famous opera singers on German television, including Hans Hotter, Carlo Bergonzi, Otto Edelmann, Anja Silja, Astrid Varnay, Ingeborg Hallstein, Gundula Janowitz, Karl Ridderbusch, Birgit Nilsson, Irmgard Seefried, Martha Mödl, Gustav Neidlinger, Hans Hopf, Hans Sotin, Franz Crass and Josef Greindl. Many of these interviews can now be viewed on YouTube, in German.

Recordings

Many of his classic productions are preserved on DVD, including

Die Zauberflöte
(Deutsche Grammophon B000ASAEQW). He was one of the founder members of a society of the revolutionary thoughts on theaters and individual thinking and this was reflected in his works.

Television director

References

  1. ^ a b c "August Everding". theaterakademie.de (in German). Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Carthalia – Muenchen: Prinzregententheater". www.andreas-praefcke.de.
  3. ^ online, Victoria State Opera 1962–1996 (August 25, 2013). "Lohengrin VSO 1985".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "CD91241 LOHENGRIN Remedios, Bureau, Melbourne 1985". Operapassion.com. Retrieved 2013-08-24.

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