Nikolaus Lehnhoff

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Nikolaus Lehnhoff (20 May 1939 in

opera director
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Life and career

Born in Hanover to Erika (née Fiediger) and Friedrich Lehnhoff, Lehnhoff studied at the University of Munich and the University of Vienna.[1] Lehnhoff began his career working as a stage director at the

The Flying Dutchman, and Simon Boccanegra.[2]

In 1972 Lehnhoff directed his first opera; a production of Strauss'

National Theatre Munich in 1987.[1]

Lehnhoff directed several works for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, including Tristan und Isolde (2003); the company's first staging of an opera by Richard Wagner. Other operas he directed for Glyndebourne included Káťa Kabanová (1988), Jenůfa (1989), and The Makropulos Affair (1995).[2]

In 1988 Lehnhoff directed Berlioz's La damnation de Faust at the Hamburg State Opera in a production that utilized pop video art by Suzan Pitt.[4] In 1989 he made his debut at the Santa Fe Opera directing The Flying Dutchman with James Morris in the title role.[5] That same year he made his directorial debut at the Metropolitan Opera with Eva Marton as his Salome.[2] He directed that same work three more times at the Met; in 1990, 1996, and 2004. In 2000-2001 he directed Parsifal and The Flying Dutchman at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.[6] In 2006 he directed the European debut of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking at the Semperoper in Dresden.[7] In 2013 he directed The Flying Dutchman at the Los Angeles Opera.[2] The last production he directed was Puccini's Turandot at La Scala in May 2015.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Barry Millington (2 September 2015). "Nikolaus Lehnhoff obituary: Opera director who was best known in Britain for his association with Glyndebourne". The Guardian.
  2. ^ a b c d "Obituaries: Nikolaus Lehnhoff". Opera News. Vol. 80, no. 5. November 2015.
  3. ^ "Nikolaus Lenhoff". San Francisco Opera Performance Archives.
  4. ^ Julia Spinola (28 August 2015). "Zum Tod des Regisseurs Nikolaus Lehnhoff: Der Seelenerkunder". Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
  5. ^ "Flying Dutchman, The". Santa Fe Opera Performance Archives. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  6. ^ "2000/01 Season". Lyric Opera of Chicago Performance Archives. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  7. ^ Sam Roberts (September 1, 2015). "Nikolaus Lehnhoff, German Opera Director, Dies at 76". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "Nikolaus Lehnhoff, stage director - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. September 2, 2015.

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