Luc Bondy

Luc Bondy (17 July 1948 – 28 November 2015) was a Swiss theatre and film director.

Life and career

Trained in Paris with the theatre teacher Jacques Lecoq, he received a job in 1969 as an assistant at the Hamburg Thalia Theatre.^[4] In a surprise, he took over in 1985 after the resignation of Peter Stein at the Schaubühne in Berlin. He also worked as a producer of both plays and operas at the Salzburg Festival, and in 1985 as a director at the Vienna Festival.

He was the director of the most recent version of

In an interview after the premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie's opera Charlotte Salomon, Bondy was asked whether his being Jewish had anything to do with his having directed the production. "So I said to her this is a production about a Jewish artist...the subject is the story of Charlotte Salomon" said Bondy, who then walked out on the interviewer.^[10]

He died on 28 November 2015 in Zurich.^[1][2][3]

Direction

Source:^[11]

Stage productions

• 1971 : Der Narr und die Nonne (The Fool and the Nun) by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz at Göttingen^[12]
• 1973 : Die See (The Sea) by
  Residenztheater
• 1974 : Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (Faith, Love, Hope) by
  Ödön von Horvath at Hamburg
• 1977 : Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe by Alfred de Musset at the Schaubühne, Berlin
• 1980 : Happy Days by Samuel Beckett at Cologne
• 1980 : Yvonne, die Burgunderprinzessin (Yvonne, the Princess of Burgundy) by Witold Gombrowicz at Cologne
• 1982 :
  Macbeth by William Shakespeare
  at Cologne
• 1983 : Sommer (Summer) by Edward Bond at Munich
• 1984 : Das weite Land (The Far Country) by
  Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre
• 1985 : Triumph der Liebe (The Triumph of Love) by
  Marivaux
• 1989 :
  Shakespeare, at Nanterre-Amandier
• 1989 : Die Zeit und das Zimmer (The Time and the Room) by
  Botho Strauß
  , at Berlin (premiere)
• 1990 : The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare, at the Lehniner Palace
• 1992 : Schlußchor by Botho Strauß at Berlin (premiere)
• 1993 :
  Théâtre de l'Odéon, Paris
• 1993 : Das Gleichgewicht (The Equilibrium) by Botho Strauß, at the Salzburg Festival (premiere)
• 1994 : Die Stunde da wir nichts voneinander wußten by Peter Handke
• 1999 : Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, at the Vienna Festival
• 2000 : Drei Mal Leben by Yasmina Reza, at the Burgtheater in Vienna (premiere)
• 2002 : Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler, at the Burgtheater in Vienna
• 2004 : Cruel & Tender by Martin Crimp, at Young Vic, London (premiere)
• 2005 : Die eine und die andere by Botho Strauß, at Berlin
• 2005 : Viol by Botho Strauß, after Titus Andronicus, at Odéon, Atelier Berthier, Paris
• 2010 : Sweet Nothings by David Harrower from Arthur Schnitzler's Liebelei at Young Vic, London (premiere)

Opera productions

• 1986:
  Wiener Festwochen
• 1989:
  Monteverdi, revised Philippe Boesmans, at Amandier, La Monnaie
• 1990/1:
  Wiener Festwochen
• 1992: Salome by Richard Strauss (conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi, starring Catherine Malfitano and Anja Silja), at the Salzburg Festival, Royal Opera House
• 1993: Reigen by Philippe Boesmans (libretto by Luc Bondy, after "La ronde" by Schnitzler) at La Monnaie
• 1995:
  Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart (conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
  ), at the Salzburg Festival
• 1996:
  Edinburgh Festival
• 1999:
  Shakespeare), at La Monnaie
• 2000:
  Wiener Festwochen
  , Scottish Opera
• 2001:
  Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
  (reprise 2005)
• 2003:
  De Nederlandse Opera
• 2005:
  Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
• 2005:
  Opéra National de Paris
  (2006)
• 2009:
  Puccini (conducted by James Levine), at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City
  (2009); seen later in Munich and Milan
• 2009: libretto for Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne
• 2014: Charlotte Salomon (conducted by Marc-André Dalbavie), at the Salzburg Festival, 2014

Honors

• 1984 Deutscher Kritikerpreis, Theater^[11]
• 1990 Grand Prix Dominique de la mise en scène^[11]
• 1992 Inszenierung des Jahres, Theater heute, for Schlusschor^[11]
• 1997 Hans-Reinhart-Ring^[11]
• 1998 Theaterpreis der Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung^[11]
• 2000 Nestroy Theatre Prize 2000, Best Director, for Die Möwe The Seagull^[11]
• 2001 Stanislawskij-Preis in Moskau for Die Möwe^[11]
• 2008 Zürcher Festspielpreis für La seconde surprise de l'amour^[11]
• 2009 Preis der Kythera-Kulturstiftung Düsseldorf^[11]
• 2013 Goldenes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Land Wien^[11]
• 2014 Prix de l'Académie de Berlin^[11]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Stadelmaier, Gerhard (29 November 2015). "Zum Tod von Luc Bondy: Der Liebesspieler". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2021.
2. ^ ^{a b} Kedves, Alexandra (29 November 2015). "Der Menschensüchtige". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2021.
3. ^ ^{a b} Heilig, Barbara Villiger (28 November 2015). "Er fing das Leben auf der Bühne ein". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2021.
4. ^ Riding, Alan (26 December 1994). "The Drama Before Language Intervenes". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
5. ^ Wakin, Daniel (22 September 2009). "For Opening Night at the Metropolitan, a New Sound: Booing". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
6. ^ York, Ed Pilkington in New (22 September 2009). "Met's new production of Tosca greeted by a cacophony of boos". the Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
7. ISSN 1950-6244
   . Retrieved 30 November 2015.
8. ^ "Opera review: New 'Tosca' opens Metropolitan Opera season". LA Times Blogs – Culture Monster. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
9. ^ McGrath, Charles (27 September 2009). "It's a New Met. Get Over It". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
10. ^ Michael Roddy, "Holocaust victim, artist Charlotte Salomon's life premieres as opera, Reuters (UK edition), July 29, 2014.
11. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} "Bondy". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2021.
12. ^ Billington, Michael (4 December 2015). "Luc Bondy obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

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