Georges Delnon

Georges Delnon

Georges Delnon 2014 (Peter Schnetz)
Born (1958-03-20) 20 March 1958
Zürich, Switzerland
Education Art history, musicology, musical composition
Occupation Theatre director, artistic director and professor

Georges Delnon (born 20 March 1958, Zürich, Switzerland) is a Swiss theatre director, artistic director and professor. Since 2006 he is the artistic director of the Theater Basel[1] and he will take over the management of the Hamburg State Opera in 2015.[2]

Life

Delnon grew up in Bern.[3] After his studies in art history and musicology at the University of Bern and University of Fribourg as well as composition at the Musikschule Konservatorium Bern. He produced his first productions in opera and play in Bern, Lucerne and at the Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn.

His focus soon began to shift towards premieres of Musical theatres like 22.13 by Mark Andre (Munich Biennale, Festival d'Automne à Paris, Paris Opera); Hellhörig by Carola Bauckholt (Munich Biennale/Theater Basel), Der Alte vom Berge by Bernhard Lang (Schwetzingen Festival/Theater Basel); and 3 Frauen by Wolfgang Rihm (Theater Basel). Additionally, he did many stagings in Europe, America and Asia, which were followed by his first movie productions.

As a professor, Delnon began at the Folkwang University of the Arts, moving on to working in Frankfurt, Montepulciano and Basel. In 2002 he received a professorship for scenic plays at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz. In the fall semester of 2014 he will be also working at the University of Zürich as a guest lecturer.

As an artistic director Delnon's career began at the Theater Koblenz (1996–1999), followed by the Staatstheater Mainz[4] (until 2006) and the Theater Basel (until 2015), where he won the award Opera house of the year two times in a row (2009/2010).[5] Since 2009 he is also the artistic director of the Schwetzingen Festival. In 2015 Delnon will start his job as the artistic director of the Hamburg State Opera.

Awards and honors

2003 he was named honorary Professor of the University of Mainz and received the Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate. Since 2002 Delon is a member of the German Academy of Performing Arts.[6]

Stagings (selection)

Filmography

Writings

References

  1. ↑ "Theater Basel - Theater Basel Service - Personal - Hinter der Bühne". Theater-basel.ch. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Delnon und Nagano leiten ab 2015 Staatsoper und Philharmoniker". hamburg.de. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Andreas Kotte, ed. (2005). "Georges Delnon". Theaterlexikon der Schweiz (TLS) / Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse (DTS) / Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero / Lexicon da teater svizzer [Theater Dictionary of Switzerland]. 1. Zürich: Chronos. pp. 443/444. ISBN 978-3-0340-0715-3. LCCN 2007423414. OCLC 62309181.
  4. ↑ "Von Mainz nach Basel". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 13 May 2004. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Theater Basel erneut "Opernhaus des Jahres"". baz.ch/. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Georges Delnon". Theaterfreunde Mainz. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Wolfgang Rihms Oper "Drei Frauen" am Theater Basel uraufgeführt". Basler Zeitung. 26 September 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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