Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
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Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (19 February 1932 - 11 August 1988) was a highly acclaimed French opera director.
Ponnelle was born in Paris.
He studied philosophy, art, and history in the same city. In 1952, he began his career in Germany as a theatre designer for Hans Werner Henze's opera Boulevard Solitude. In 1962, he directed his first production of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in Düsseldorf. His production of Tristan und Isolde at the Bayreuth Festival in 1981 was widely praised as one of the most aesthetically beautiful in its history. He died in Munich, Germany on August 11, 1988 of a pulmonary embolism. His son is the orchestra conductor Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle and his nephew is the French guitarist and producer Jean Pierre Danel.
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- Tristan und Isolde (Conductor: Daniel Barenboim, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Staged and Directed by: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle,
Soloists: René Kollo, Johanna Meier, Matti Salminen, Hermann Becht, Hanna Schwarz, Unitel 1983, Laserdisc Philips 070-509-1=
[edit] References
- "Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, 56, Is Dead; Was Opera Director And Designer", New York Times, August 12, 1988
- Obituary of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle: "Grand operator", The Guardian, (London), August 13, 1988
