Jürgen Flimm
Jürgen Flimm | |
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Gießen, Hesse, German Reich | |
Died | 4 February 2023 , Lower Saxony, Germany | (aged 81)
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Spouse(s) | Inge Jansen (1969–?), Susanne Ottersbach (1990–2023) |
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Jürgen Flimm (German pronunciation:
Life and career
Flimm was born in
In 1985, Flimm moved again to the Thalia Theater, where he was general manager for 15 years. Among his most important productions there were works by Anton Chekhov,[1] Platonov in 1989, Uncle Vanya in 1995, and Three Sisters in 1999, Ibsen's Peer Gynt in 1985 and The Wild Duck in 1994, Schnitzler's Liebelei in 1988 and Das weite Land in 1995, and Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1986, King Lear in 1992, and As You Like It in 1998. The theatre was well-attended and became an intellectual centre during this period.[2]
In 1978, he directed his first opera, Luigi Nono's
Flimm was a professor at the University of Hamburg, and also taught at Harvard University and the New York University.[2] He was a member of the Academies of Arts in Hamburg, Munich, Berlin, and Frankfurt. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hildesheim. He was awarded the Medal for Art and Science of Hamburg, the Konrad Wolf Prize of the Academy of Arts in Berlin, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.[4]
Between 1999 and 2003, Flimm was the president of the
In 2010, Flimm became
Flimm died in Hamelwörden, north of Hamburg,[10] on 4 February 2023 at age 81.[11][12]
Films
- Uns reicht das nicht (1979, TV film)[13]
- Through Roses (1997)[14]
- Käthchens Traum (2004, TV film)[15]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Dultz, Sabine (4 February 2023). "Meister aller Klassen". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bazinger, Irene (5 February 2023). "Theatermeister aller Klassen". Münchner Merkur (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Jürgen Flimm". Berlin State Opera (in German). 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Regisseur Jürgen Flimm gestorben". Tagesschau (in German). 4 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Der Riese vom Steinfeld". Music Austria (in German). 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ Mattison, Ben (31 August 2004). "Salzburg Festival Names Jürgen Flimm as Artistic Director". Playbill. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Salzburg Festival's Juergen Flimm to Head Berlin State Opera | DW | 23 December 2008". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- nmz(in German). Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Theater: Regisseur Jürgen Flimm gestorben". Die Zeit (in German). Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ Becker, Peter von (5 February 2023). "Rebell, Zauberer, Menschendurchschauer". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Entdeckung : Als Grönemeyer Englisch sang, traf er seine Frau". Die Welt (in German). 5 October 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ Briegleb, Till (18 February 1997). "Bewältigungsschmäh". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). p. 23. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Ich habe ein klassisches Gesicht". Der Spiegel (in German). 25 March 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
External links
- Jürgen Flimm at IMDb