Bruno Berger-Gorski
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Bruno Berger-Gorski (born August 8, 1959, Hagen, Germany) is a German opera director of Polish descent.[1] He lives in Vienna, Cologne and Nuremberg.[2][3]
Career
Bruno Berger-Gorski attended the Albrecht Dürer Gymnasium in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia. He later attended the University of Vienna, where he studied theater, music and art history.[2] While still at university he wrote a work on Dirk D'Ase called Dirk D'Ase und sein musikdramatisches Werk mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Uraufführung 'Einstein, Spuren des Lichts'. Berger-Gorski has demonstrated a focus on rediscovering old or rarely performed operas. He has directed works by (among others) Udo Zimmermann, Ella Milch-Sheriff, Giselher Klebe, Tom Johnson, Manfred Trojahn, Knut Vaage and Camille Kerger. His staging of Offenbach's "The Rhine Nixies" at the Theater Trier was designated Rediscovery of the Year 2005 by the German opera journal Opernwelt.[4] Berger-Gorski is the only active German opera director who has put on operas on four continents.[1]
As an international invited director Berger-Gorski has brought more than 100 opera titles from the standard repertoire onto stages around the world. He also shows a predilection for unusual, rare and contemporary works, such as Dirk d'Ase's "Einstein" (World Premiere in Ulm), Gomes' "Condor" for the Festival Amazonas de Ópera in [Manaus], Wolf-Ferrari's "Sly" or most recently Adreana Hölszky's "Triologia" in Bonn or Ella Milch-Sheriff's "Baruch's Schweigen" at Theater Fürth.
Berger-Gorski's mastery of 5 languages has allowed him to direct at Opera-houses like the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex in Caracas, the National Theatre (Prague), the Teatro Solis in Montevideo, the Seoul Arts Center in Korea, in Ashkelon, at the Greek National Opera in Athens and at the Florida Grand Opera in Miami.[5]
At present, Berger-Gorski is directing premieres of works by Josef Tal and Ella Milch-Sheriff in Bonn, Luxembourg and Vienna. In August 2015 he directed Prokofiev's "Betrothal in a Monastery" in Sao Paulo, and in 2016 in Wroclaw, as part of its program as European Capital of Culture, he is putting on a new production of Verdi's "Macbeth".
Works (selection)
| Year | Production |
|---|---|
| 2016 | The Marksman (Weber) for Theater & Philharmonie Thüringen with Laurent Wagner (Conductor) |
| Macbeth (Verdi) for the Opera Wroclaw with Vladimir Chmelo for the European Capitals of Culture Program of the European Comission | |
| Conversation with a stone (Ella Milch-Sheriff) the Chamber Opera The Garden (Josef Tal) linked by the sculpture Carrelino by Daniel Spoerri at the Theater Esch (Luxemburg) in Cooperation with the Opera Bonn, Conductor Marino Formenti, with the United Instruments of Lucelin | |
| 2015 | Conversation with a stone (Ella Milch-Sheriff), scenic world premier and the Chamber Opera The Garden (Josef Tal) linked by the sculpture Carrelino by Daniel Spoerri at the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn in Cooperation with Oper Bonn, Patronage Hadar Handelsman (Israelian Ambassador), Conductor Marino Formenti |
| " Betrothal in a Monastery/ Verlobung im Kloster" by Prokofjiew for the Theatro Sao Pedro in São Paulo, with Luiz Malheiro (Conductor) | |
| "Baruch's Schweigen" by Ella Milch-Sheriff for the Theater in Fürth | |
| 2014 | "Macbeth" with Lucio Gallo for the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw/ Breslau |
| "Otello" with R.D. Smith, Maria Luigia Borsi for Oviedo, Ives Abel (Dirigent) | |
| "Der Liebesfluch" U.A Kammeroper about "Georg Trakl" by Kraus-Hübner, in Salzburg with Marino Forementi, Trakl-Gedenkstätte, Stage Daniel Spoerri | |
| "Zauberflöte" for the Opera Maribor, Slowenien | |
| 2013 | "Don Giovanni" for the Janáček-Opera in Brno, Coproduktion with Teatro del Giglio Lucca, Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo |
| "Rigoletto" for Trier with Jacek Strauch | |
| "Someone is going to come" by Knut Vaage/ Jon Fosse combined with
"Mond aus kochender Milch" by C.Kerger/ N.Helminger europ.E.A for Kaiserslautern/TNL Louxemburg | |
| "Otello" for the Theater Bremerhaven with Ray.M.Wade/Sangmin Lee | |
| 2012 | "Zauberflöte" for Opera Zuid/Maastricht |
| "Don Carlo" with Noa Danon for the Theater Magdeburg - Coproduction with
National Theater Brno | |
| 2011 | "Lakme" für the Theater Trier with Adreana Kraschewski |
| "Mass"/"Bernstein" scenic Performance for the Votiv-Church in Vienna | |
| "La Boheme" for the Theater Hagen, 100 Jahre Jubilee with Jaclyn Bermudez | |
| 2010 | "Mass"/"Bernstein" for Opera Bergen |
| "Tosca" with Iano Tamar/Gustavo Porta for the Performing Art Center in Mumbai/Indien | |
| "Don Giovanni" with Carlo Colombara for Lucca/Bergamo | |
| 2009 | "Vampyr"/Marschner für the Opera Festival Heidenheim |
| "Vampirabile/ Monolog/ Es kamen schwarze Vögel" Adriana Hölszky as scenic World Premier for Bonn, Kammermusiksaal | |
| "Macbeth" for the Janáček-National Opera in Brno | |
| "Rigoletto" for the Bellas Artes in Mexico-City, with Maria Alejandres, Arturo Chacon | |
| "Rigoletto" for the Opera Bonn, with Julia Novikova | |
| "Hänsel und Gretel" for Opera Zuid, Maastricht, NL | |
| 2008 | "Freischütz" for the Opera Festival in Heidenheim with J,Havranova, P .Bernhard |
| "Les Contes d`Hoffmann" for Arenum/Bergen with P.Bernhard, K.Coresi | |
| "Traviata" with P. Antonucci, Roberto Sacca, P. Gavanelli Open-air in La Palma at Convento St.Cruz | |
| "La Fille du Regiment" with Annemarie Kremer for Opera Zuid, Maastricht | |
| 2007 | "Trovatore" with G.Oniani for Staatsoper Kazan/Den Haag, |
| "Titus"/Mozart in the M.Trojahn-Composure for Würzburg | |
| "Trovatore" with Ikaia-Purday/G.Oniani, R.Ragatzu for Kaiserslautern | |
| "Norma" with Olga Makarina, Carmen Oprisanu at the National Theater Prague | |
| "Hänsel und Gretel" for the Theater Greifswald/Stralsund | |
| 2006 | "La Boheme" for the Opera in Thessaloniki with Alexia Voulgaridou, Andrea Coronella, Stage: Daniel Dvorak |
| "Susannah"/Floyd as skandinavian Premiere for the Vest Norges Opera in a hangar at the Airport Bergen | |
| "Figaro"-Excerpts for the Conservatoire Luxembourg | |
| "Samson e Dalila" with J.Perdigon/Graciella Araya for the Vest-Norges-Opera | |
| 2005 | "Die Zauberflöte" for the Florida Grand Opera in Miami/USA |
| "Die Rheinnixen"/Offenbach as a German premiere for the Theater Trier,
Rediscovery of the Year (Opernweltjahrbuch)[4] | |
| "Tannhäuser" for the Opera in Oviedo, Spanien, with W.Millgramm, E.Magee, G.Araya, Conductor:F.Haider, Scenography: H.Balthes | |
| "Azrael"/Tango-Opera by Dirk D`Ase as a German premiere for the Theater Trier | |
| 2004 | "Traviata"-Open-Air with Ana-Maria Kaufmann, Harry Van der Plaas
for the Heidenheim Opera Festival |
| "Einstein"/Dirk D`Ase, World Premiere for the City of Ulm, Germany | |
| "Norma"/Bellini for the Amazonas-Festival, Manaus, Brasil with L.Flanigan | |
| "Die 7 Todsünden"/Kurt Weill for the Vest Norges Opera, Bergen | |
| "Eugen Onegin" for the Vest Norges Opera, Bergen | |
| 2003 | "Faust"/ Gounod for the Vest Norges Opera, Bergen, with Dario Schmunk, Urban Malmberg, Jana Havranova |
| "Rape of Lucretia"/ Britten for the Royal Academy of Music, Copenhagen | |
| "Lucia di Lammermoor" for the Landestheater Coburg | |
| "La Boheme" Landestheater/ Salzburg /großes Festspielhaus
with Olga Mykytenko, Vincente Obuena, Alex Exposito, W. Koch | |
| 2002 | "Cenerentola" for the Gold Coast Opera in Florida/USA with J. Rivera |
| "Abu Hassan"/ Weber and "Mesdames de la Halle"/Offenbach for the National Opera in Athens (Co-Production with the Chamber Opera Athens) | |
| "Condor"/ Carlos Gomes with F.Portari for the Amazonas-Festival in Manaus |
Source: operabase.com[6]
References
- ^ a b Jens Stubbe (2011-09-09). "Märchen-Statist kehrt als Regisseur zurück | Westfalenpost.de" (in German). Derwesten.de. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ^ a b "Schauspieler/Mitarbeiter". Theaterhagen.de. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ^ "Verdi in Wroclaw – ein Mega-Event, keine Neudeutung | nmz - neue musikzeitung". Nmz.de. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ^ a b "Inhaltsverzeichnis : Reihenfolge des Inhaltsverzeichnisses" (PDF). Kultiversum.de. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ^ http://www.narodni-divadlo.cz/en/artist/bruno-berger-gorski
- ^ Bruno Berger-Gorski in the Search of operabase.com. Viewed June 25, 2015.
Other sources
- Bruno Berger Gorski: Dirk D'Ase und sein musikdramatisches Werk mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Uraufführung 'Einstein, Spuren des Lichts' , Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Wien, 2007
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