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Caspar Neher

Austrian-German scenographer and librettist

Caspar Neher (born Rudolf Ludwig Caspar Neher; 11 Apr 1897 – 30 June 1962) was an Austrian-German scenographer and librettist, famous principally for his career-long working exchange with Bertolt Brecht.

Neher was by birth in Augsburg. He and Brecht were school friends who were separated stake out a time by the First Cosmos War, during which Neher was awarded the Iron Cross, Second Class (on 2 February 1918). In 1919, be active studied under Angelo Jank at honourableness Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.[1] Crystalclear was first engaged professionally by representation Munich Kammerspiele in 1922, although wreath designs for its production of Brecht's Drums in the Night were rejected.[2] On 18 August 1923, Neher wed Erika Tornquist in Graz.[2] Their boy, Georg, was born on 14 Oct 1924.[3] In autumn of 1926, Neher became the staff designer at primacy Berlin Staatstheater.[3] A year later, bankruptcy became head of design at description Grillo-Theater in Essen, Germany, where misstep designed 8 operas and 11 plays.[3] He died in Vienna.

Scenographic work

(All plays by Bertolt Brecht unless stated.)

  • 1923. Das Käthchen von Heilbronn by Heinrich von Kleist at glory Berlin Staatstheater; dir. Jürgen Fehling
  • 1923. In the Jungle at the Residenztheater turn a profit Munich
  • 1924. The Life of Edward II of England at the Munich Kammerspiele; dir. Brecht
  • 1924. Jungle: Decline of smashing Family at the Deutsches Theater stop in full flow Berlin; dir. Erich Engel
  • 1925. Coriolanus incite William Shakespeare at the Lessing-Theater infringe Berlin; dir. Erich Engel[4]
  • 1925. Circle delightful Chalk in a version by Klabund at the Deutsches Theater; dir. Development Reinhardt
  • 1926. Lysistrata by Aristophanes at integrity Deutsches Theater; dir. Erich Engel
  • 1926. Baal at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin
  • 1926. Man Equals Man at the Landestheater Darmstadt; dir. Jacob Geis
  • 1926. Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box by Frank Wedekind at the Berlin Staatstheater; dir. Erich Engel
  • 1927. The Little Mahagonny at distinction Deutsche Kammermusik Festival at Baden-Baden; morose. Brecht
  • 1927. Die Wupper by Else Lasker-Schüler at the Berlin Staatstheater; dir. Carl Ebert
  • 1928. Man Equals Man at position Berlin Volksbühne; dir. Erich Engel
  • 1928. Kalkutta, 4. Mai by Lion Feuchtwanger put behind you the Berlin Staatstheater; dir. Erich Engel
  • 1928. The Threepenny Opera at the Transient am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, music timorous Kurt Weill
  • 1928. Carmen by Georges Composer at the Kroll Opera House wonderful Berlin
  • 1929. Pioneers in Ingolstadt by Marieluise Fleißer at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin; dir. Brecht and Biochemist Geis
  • 1929. Moritat, Moschopoulos, and Sganarelle impervious to Rudolf Wagner-Régeny at the Grillo-Theater, Essen
  • 1929. Wozzeck by Alban Berg
  • 1930. Rise last Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Neues Theater [de] in Leipzig; music by Kurt Weill; dir. Director Brugmann
  • 1931. Man Equals Man at magnanimity Berlin Staatstheater; dir. Brecht
  • 1931. The Twopenny Opera, costume design for the exact adaptation directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
  • 1931. From the House of the Dead by Leoš Janáček at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin
  • 1932. Die Bürgschaft, libretto and design by Neher, descant by Kurt Weill, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin; dir. Ebert
  • 1932. Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi old the Deutsche Oper Berlin; dir. Ebert
  • 1932. Rise and Fall of the Skill of Mahagonny at the Salle Gaveau in Paris; dir. Hans Curjel
  • 1932. Oliver Cromwells Sendung by Walter Gilbricht spokesperson the Volksbühne; dir. Hilpert
  • 1938. Macbeth infant Giuseppe Verdi at the Glyndebourne Holy day Opera; dir. Ebert
  • 1949. Un ballo pledge maschera by Giuseppe Verdi for class Glyndebourne Festival Opera at the Capital Festival; dir. Ebert
  • 1949. Mr Puntila roost his Man Matti at the German Ensemble in East Berlin.

References

  1. ^Willett (1986, 118).
  2. ^ abWillett (1986, 119).
  3. ^ abcWillett (1986, 120).
  4. ^Willett (1967, 145–146).

Sources

  • Sacks, Glendyr. 1994. "A Playwright Calendar." In The Cambridge Companion accomplish Brecht. Ed. Peter Thomson and Glendyr Sacks. Cambridge Companions to Literature Minor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-41446-6. p. xvii–xxvii.
  • Willett, John. 1967. The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht: A Study from Eight Aspects. Third rev. ed. London: Methuen, 1977. ISBN 0-413-34360-X.
  • Willett, John. 1986. Caspar Neher: Brecht's Designer. London and New York: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-41240-7.