Luc Bondy
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Luc Bondy (born 17 July 1948 in Zurich) is a Swiss theater and opera director.
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[edit] Biography
Trained in Paris with the mime artist Jacques Lecoq, he received a job in 1969 as an assistant at the Hamburg Thalia Theatre. In a surprise, he took over in 1985 after the resignation of Peter Stein at the Schaubühne in Berlin. He also worked as a producer of both plays and operas at the Salzburg Festival, and in 1985 as a director at the Vienna Festival.
[edit] Direction
[edit] Stage Productions
- 1971 : Der Narr und die Nonne (The Fool and the Nun) by Lida Witkiewicz at Göttingen
- 1973 : Die See (The Sea) by Edward Bond at the Munich Residenztheater
- 1974 : Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (Faith, Love, Hope) by Ödön von Horvath at Hamburg
- 1977 : Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe by Alfred de Musset at the Schaubühne, Berlin
- 1980 : Happy Days by Samuel Beckett at Cologne
- 1980 : Yvonne, die Burgunderprinzessin (Yvonne, the Princess of Burgundy) by Witold Gombrowicz at Cologne
- 1982 : Macbeth by William Shakespeare at Cologne
- 1983 : Sommer (Summer) by Edward Bond at Munich
- 1984 : Das weite Land (The Far Country) by Arthur Schnitzler at the Thtre des Amandiers in Nanterre
- 1985 : Triumph der Liebe (The Triumph of Love) by Marivaux
- 1989 : Le conte d'hiver by Shakespeare, at Nanterre-Amandier
- 1989 : Die Zeit und das Zimmer (The Time and the Room) by Botho Strauß, at Berlin (premier)
- 1990 : The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare, at the Lehniner Palace
- 1992 : Schlußchor by Botho Strauß at Berlin (premier)
- 1993 : John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen at the Théâtre de l'Odéon, Paris
- 1993 : Das Gleichgewicht (The Equilibrium) by Botho Strauß, at the Salzburg Festival (premier)
- 1994 : Die Stunde da wir nichts voneinander wußten by Peter Handke
- 1999 : Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, at the Vienna Festival
- 2000 : Drei Mal Leben by Yasmina Reza, at the Burgtheater in Vienna (premier)
- 2002 : Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler, at the Burgtheater in Vienna
- 2005 : Die eine und die andere by Botho Strauß, at Berlin
- 2005 : Viol by Botho Strauß, after Titus Andronicus, at Odéon, Atelier Berthier, Paris
[edit] Opera Production
- 1986 : Così fan tutte by Mozart (conducted by Sylvain Cambreling), at Amandier, La Monnaie, Wiener Festwochen
- 1989 : L'incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi, revised Philippe Boesmans, at Amandier, La Monnaie
- 1990/1 : Don Giovanni by Mozart (condcuted by Claudio Abbado, starring Ruggero Raimondi), at Wiener Festwochen
- 1992 : Salomé by Richard Strauss (conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi, starring Catherine Malfitano), at the Salzburg Festival, Royal Opera House
- 1993 : Reigen by Philippe Boesmans (libretto by Luc Bondy, after "La Ronde" by Schnitzler) at La Monnaie
- 1995 : Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt), at the Salzburg Festival
- 1996 : Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi (conducted by Antonio Pappano, starring Roberto Alagna, José van Dam, Karita Mattila), at Châtelet, Royal Opera House, Opéra de Lyon, Edinburgh Festival
- 1999 : Wintermärchen by Philippe Boesmans (libretto by Luc Bondy, after The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare), at La Monnaie
- 2000 : Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi (conducted Richard Armstrong), at Wiener Festwochen
- 2001 : The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten (conducted by Daniel Harding), at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (reprise 2005)
- 2003 : Hercules by Handel (conducted by William Christie with Les Arts Florissants) at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Opéra National de Paris, Wiener Festwochen
- 2005 : Julie by Philippe Boesmans (libretto by Luc Bondy, after Miss Julie by Strindberg), at La Monnaie, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
- 2005 : Idomeneo by Mozart (conducted by Daniel Harding), at Teatro alla Scala, Opéra National de Paris (2006)
[edit] Honors
- Hans Reinhart-Ring 1997
- Nestroy-Theaterpreis 2000, Best Director, "The Seagull"
