Götz Friedrich

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Götz Friedrich (born August 4, 1930 in Naumburg, Germany, died December 12, 2000 in Berlin, Germany) was a German opera and theater director. He was general manager of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1981 to 2000.

He was a director at the Komische Oper Berlin in (East) Berlin and a student of Walter Felsenstein. He was a principal producer at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in London.

Friedrich was married to Ruth Maria Kubitschek, with whom he had a son Alexander. From his marriage to singer Karan Armstrong he had another son, Johannes.

He was the initiator of the 1986 founded The American Berlin Opera Foundation (ABOF), located in New York City.