Götz Friedrich
Born: 4th August 1930, Naumburg, Germany
Died: 12th December 2000, Berlin, Germany
Nationality: German
Götz Friedrich was a German opera and theatre director.
He was a student and assistant of Walter Felsenstein at the Komische Oper Berlin in (East) Berlin, where he went on to direct his early productions. He first came to international prominence with a controversial 1972 production of Wagner's Tannhäuser at Bayreuth. He defected to the West whilst working on a production of Jenůfa in Stockholm later the same year.
From 1972 to 1981 he was principal director at the Hamburg State Opera. Between 1977 and 1981, he was also director of productions at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in London, where he staged the first British performances of the three-act completion of Berg's Lulu.
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100 Years Deutsche Oper Berlin: Centennial Edition
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