Nikolaus lehnhoff biography sampler
American baritone Thomas Hampson has long been recognized as one of the most innovative and multifaceted musicians of our time....
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NIKOLAUS LEHNHOFF
German opera director. Born 1939 in Hannover. Studied theater and art in Munich and was Dr. Phil. in 1962. For the next 10 years he was (the last) assistant to Wieland Wagner in Bayreuth and after Wagners death assistant at the Metropolitan Opera.
Directorial approach:Simplistic, aesthetic often with contrasting colors and dominating geometric lines.
Abstract and classic in the outlook, at times occasionally static, the inspiration from Wieland Wagner shines through.
Major achievements in opera:Opera debut (and breakthrough) 1972 with Die Frau Ohne Schatten in Paris (with Karl Böhm).
From then on he continued to stage his production in most major houses, such as the Nibelungen Ring 1983-5 in San Francisco and 1987 in Munich.
Closely associated with Glyndebournefor more than two decades he was important in the Janacek revival with stagings of Katia, Jenufa and Makropolous Case in the beginning of the 1990´s.
Salzburg debut 1