  Günther
Schneider-Siemssen: HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER |
| Creator
of set and lighting designs for: |
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8
international productions of Richard Wagner's "RING CYCLE"
including 2 productions at the Metropolitan Opera: 1967-1972, and
1986-89, 1997, 2000;
and productions at Covent Garden (1958-1962), Salzburg (1967-1970),
Bremen (1959-1961), Warsaw, Naples, and Wels (2000-2002) |
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world
premiere performances of works by such composers as Hindemith, Orff,
Penderecki, Berio, von Einem, Egk, Fortner, Bernstein, Krenek, Carlyle
Floyd, among others
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productions
of major opera houses in the US - the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago,
San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Denver, Boston, and San Diego.
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| Special
artistic collaborations with renowned directors such as Peter
Ustinov, Otto Schenk, August Everding, Götz Friedrich, Fritz Kortner,
Herbert v. Karajan |
| Stage
designer for: |
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all
the Austrian State Theaters in Vienna until 1986 |
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the Salzburg Marionette Theater (1951-1991) |
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many
Salzburg Festival productions (1965-1991) |
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many
productions of the major opera houses in Germany |
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Designer of light festivals and holographic displays for special
public events: |
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Salzburg:
Lighting Design over the City of Salzburg - New Year's Eve 1999/2000
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Salzburg:
"The Whole City is a Stage" 1988/89 |
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Berchtesgaden:
opening celebration - 1986 Luge World Championships |
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Boston:
New Year's celebration: 1986/87 |
Author
and presentor of the 6-part TV- series Bühnenzauber
-
shown on Austrian TV (ORF and ZDF) 1986 |
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| Biography
and Early Career: |
| Born
7 June 2024 in Augsburg, Germany. |
| Raised
and educated in Munich where from 1943 to 1949: |
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he
first studied conducting at the Music Conservatory before shifting
to stage design at the Academy for Applied Arts and the Academy
of Fine Arts, with additional studies in opera and theatre at
the University of Munich; |
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trained
under Clemens Krauss at the State Opera, Munich; |
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created
his first stage design in 1947, followed by 7 designs for the
State Operetta (until 1952) |
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| 1951-53: |
first engagement as head stage designer - Landestheater Salzburg |
| 1952:
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first
engagement as guest stage designer - Jeremias |
| 1951-91: |
stage designer for the "Salzburger Marionettentheater,"
including all all world tours) |
| 1954-61:
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second
engagement as head stage designer at the State Theater, Bremen |
| 1962: |
engagement
as personal advisor to Herbert v. Karajan on stage design; created
his
breakthrough stage design for Vienna State Opera's Pelleas et Melissande
with
Herbert v. Karajan |
| 1964-85: |
head stage designer at the Vienna State Opera |
| 1965-91: |
creator of stage designs for many productions at the "Salzburger
Festspiele" |
| 1967-92: |
creator of stage designs for all Karajan productions at the Salzburg
Easter Festival |
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| The
90s into the new millennium: |
| 1990: |
Rusalka
(Seattle Opera) |
| Tulifant
- World Premiere (Vienna State Opera) |
| The
Passion of Jonathan Wade |
| -
World Premiere (Houston Grand Opera) |
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Regional Premiere (Florida Grand Opera) |
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West Coast Premiere (San Diego Opera) |
| 1991: |
Palestrina
(State Theatre Hannover) |
| Parsifal
(Metropolitan Opera) |
| Rusalka
(Houston Grand Opera) |
| 1992: |
Tokyo: A Holography Exhibition with workshops and lectures
on projections, painting and lighting design |
| Diamant
des Geisterkönigs - an ORF Austrian TV production |
| 1993:
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Ariadne
auf Naxos (Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires) |
| Rusalka
(Metropolitan Opera, NY) |
| Die
Meistersinger (Metropolitan Opera, NY) |
| 1996:
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Mystery
(National Opera, Maribor) Musical World Premiere |
| 1998:
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Dracula
(Munich) Open- Air Musical World Premiere |
| 1999:
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Tristan
und Isolde (Wagner Festival - Wels, Austria) |
| 1999/2000: |
New Year's Light Festival (Salzburg) |
| 2000-2002: |
Ring
Cycle (Wagner Festival - Wels and Theatre Aachen) |
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