Kniepert, Erni#
Kniepert, Erni, b. Reichenau an der Rax (Lower Austria.), Oct. 3, 1911, d. Vienna, March 5, 1990, costume designer: 1934 first designed for the dancers of G. Krauss und H. Pfundmayr, from 1939 also for film productions. From 1941 worked for the Vienna Burgtheater, from 1944 for the Salzburg Festival and from 1945 for the Vienna Volksoper. She was both an imaginative and skilled designer.
Works#
Costume designs e.g. for "Fidelio" at the reopening of the Vienna State Opera (1955) und for the "Rosenkavalier" at the inauguration of the new Salzburg Festspielhaus (1960); Film costumes in Vienna ("Unsterblicher Walzer", 1939; "Wen die Goetter lieben", 1942) and Hollywood (Musical "The Wizard of Oz").