Tilmann Köhler Explained

Tilmann Köhler
Birth Place:Weimar, Saxony, West Germany
Education:Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation:Stage director

Tilmann Köhler (born 1979) is a German theatre stage director who has worked with the ensembles of the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar and the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. His broad repertoire includes classical plays and world premiered. Several of his productions have been invited to international festivals. Köhler turned to also staging operas in 2013, beginning with Handel's Teseo at the Oper Frankfurt, where he returned to direct Martin's Le Vin herbé, Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and Zemlinsky's Der Traumgörge.

Life and career

Köhler was born in Weimar. He was a theatre actor and director at the Theaterfabrik of the . He then studied theatre directing from 2001 to 2005 at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Drama

Köhler worked from 2005 as stage director for the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar. He then moved to the Staatsschauspiel Dresden, where he also led the studio. His production of Ferdinand Bruckner's was invited to the 2007 Berliner Theatertreffen. He staged Goethe's Faust I in Weimar in 2008, 200 years after the first performance. His staging of Brecht's Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe was awarded the in 2009.[1] He also worked for the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, Schauspiel Stuttgart, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Theater Basel and the Oper Frankfurt.[2] Internationally, he directed in São Paulo, Taipeh, at the Moskauer Künstlertheater, in Gwangju in Korea and at the National Theatre Bratislava.

Opera

In 2013 Köhler directed opera for the first time, Handel's Teseo at the Oper Frankfurt, invited by Bernd Loebe who had seen his work. Teseo was played at the Bockenheimer Depot, the company's smaller venue. He returned to direct two more Handel operas at the same place, Radamisto in 2016 and Xerxes in 2017. He was invited to direct Zemlinsky's Der Traumgörge in 2020 but it had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. His next project there was Martin's Le Vin herbé, now for the opera house and adjusting to social distancing. It was prepared including the dress rehearsal but the performances were cancelled due to another lockdown. It was finally played in 2022.[3]

Köhler was invited to direct the opening of the 2023/24 season, Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in the first performance with the new music director Thomas Guggeis. A reviewer from the FAZ noted that Köhler staged playful "serious games" ("ernste Spiele"), in which the women win by "wit, cleverness and presence of mind". Der Traumgörge was finally presented in 2024, conducted by Markus Poschner, with AJ Glueckert in the title role, Zuzana Marková as Gertraud, Magdalena Hinterdobler as Grete and Liviu Holender as Hans. He staged Görge as an outsider in a village, as a bookworm, dreamer and intellectual, and identified the princess of his dreams with the outcast Gertraud.

Works

Productions directed by Köhler include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.nachtkritik.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3926:barbara-nuesse-erhaelt-gertrud-eysoldt-ring-kurt-huebner-preis-an-tilmann-koehler&catid=126&Itemid=100089 Kurt-Hübner-Preis an Tilmann Köhler: Das hohe Maß an Dringlichkeit
  2. Web site: Köhler, Tilmann . nachtkritik.de . 22 May 2019 . de.
  3. Web site: Merschmeier . Michael . Der Theaterverlag . Liebesverzicht . de . 19 December 2023 .
  4. News: Grüter . Irene . Müller . Katrin Bettina . "Es bleibt eine geteilte Heimat" . taz

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    . 28 April 2007. 0931-9085 . 22 . de . 21 May 2019.
  5. News: Schütt . Hans-Dieter . Der dürre Dreikäseniedrig . . de . 21 May 2019.
  6. News: Höbel . Wolfgang . Regisseur Tilmann Köhler: Konspirative Umtriebe . . 30 April 2007 . de . 21 May 2019.
  7. Web site: 22 May 2019 . Gambihler . Ralph . de . King Arthur – Tilmann Köhler bekränzt die Semiopera von John Dryden und Henry Purcell zum 100. Geburtstag des Staatsschauspiels Dresden .
  8. Web site: 22 May 2019 . Lukas Pohlmann . de-de . Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui – Tilmann Köhler demaskiert in Dresden mit Brecht unsere Mediendemokratie .
  9. Web site: 22 May 2019 . Steffen Becker . de-de . Mario und der Zauberer – Regisseur Tilmann Köhler und Solo-Virtuose Paul Schröder manipulieren das Stuttgarter Publikum nach Thomas Mann'schem Strich und Faden .
  10. Web site: 22 May 2019 . Hinrike Gronewold . 30 June 2015 . de-DE . Unter dem Teppich ist noch Platz – "mein deutsches deutsches Land" bei den Autorentheatertagen . WELTEXPRESS.
  11. News: 2 May 2019 . de . Täter und Träumer . Der Tagesspiegel Online .
  12. Web site: 22 May 2019 . de-DE . "Die Jungfrau in Orléans" in Hamburg - Kraftvolle Ideen fürs Auge .
  13. Web site: 22 May 2019 . de . So zeitgemäß kann Händel sein .
  14. Web site: Kein glückliches Ende für Xerxes . 22 May 2019 . de.
  15. News: Fuhrmann . Wolfgang . Rossinis Oper "Bianca e Falliero" in Frankfurt . . 22 February 2022 . 0174-4909 . de . 19 December 2023.
  16. News: Brachmann . Jan . Albert Lortzings "Undine" an der Oper Leipzig . . 31 October 2022 . 0174-4909 . 19 December 2023.
  17. News: Laages . Michael . . "Das Leben ist Traum": Dresden inszeniert Calderon de la Barca . de . 19 December 2023.

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