Hermann Wedekind
Hermann Wedekind (18 November 1910, in Coesfeld, Westphalia – 16 January 1998, in Wadern)[1] was an artistic director at Festspiele Balver Höhle from 1983 to 1996.
Vita[edit]
After his first engagements in Hagen and Bielefeld, Wedekind was brought to the Deutsches Theater in Berlin by the artistic director Heinz Hilpert in 1935 (1935–1943) and began a career in the field of youthful hero tenors at the Danzig Opera and then at the Dresden State Opera.[2] After the war, he became senior director in Bonn from 1946 to 1950, built the theater in Münster, and headed the theater in Basel from 1954.[2] In 1960, he took over the management of the city theater and later Saarland State Theatre in Saarbrücken.[3][4] He was artistic director at Festspiele Balver Höhle from 1983 to 1996.[5]
Wedekind was married to the actress Grete Schaun (1911–2007).[1] The director Michael Wedekind is a son.[1] His daughter Claudia Wedekind died in 2015.
Works (selection)[edit]
- 1949: Das Balver Zeitwendspiel (Theodor Pröpper)
- 1950 / 1995: Das große Welttheater, as director
- 1984–1986: Katharina von Georgien
- 1995: Robin Hood, as artistic director
Honors[edit]
- Albert-Schweitzer-Friedenspreis (1982)[5]
- Bundesverdienstkreuz (1984)[3]
- Saarland Order of Merit (1986)[6]
- Honorary citizen of Georgia (1995)[2][3]
- Kulturpreis North Rhine-Westphalia (1995)[5]
Literature[edit]
- Wedekind, Hermann; Garber, Hein; Gvenetadze, Tamaz (1997). Hermann Wedekind erzählt sein Leben (in German). Blieskastel: Gollenstein. ISBN 3-930008-68-8. OCLC 42211952.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Wedekind Hermann". Saarland Biografien (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Herrmann Wedekind". Saarländische Gesellschaft für Kulturpolitik e.V. (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Thomas Blubacher (2005). "Hermann Wedekind". In Andreas Kotte (ed.). Theaterlexikon der Schweiz / Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse / Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero / Lexicon da teater svizzer [Theater Dictionary of Switzerland] (in German). Vol. 3. Zürich: Chronos. p. 2057. ISBN 978-3-0340-0715-3. LCCN 2007423414. OCLC 62309181. http://tls.theaterwissenschaft.ch/wiki/Hermann_Wedekind
- ^ "Hermann Wedekind". Biografie WHO'S WHO (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Hermann Wedekind – Literaturland Saar". Literaturland Saar (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ http://www.amtsblatt.uni-saarland.de/hefte/1986/1986-015.pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links[edit]
- "Freiburg Stadttheater Basel; Intendant des Basler Stadttheaters Hermann Wedekind Ausdrucksstudien – Detailseite". LEO-BW (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- "Freiburg: Stadttheater Basel; Intendant des Basler Stadttheaters, Hermann Wedekind, Ausdrucksstudien". Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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