!!!Schneider-Siemssen, Günther

b. Augsburg (Germany), June 7, 1926, set designer. 1951-1954 chief set 
designer of the Salzburg Provincial Theatre (Salzburger 
Landestheater), from that time also worked at the Salzburg Marionette 
Theatre, 1954-1961 chief set designer at the Staatstheater Bremen. 
From 1962 to 1986 set designer for all Federal Theatres, from 1965 
also for the Easter and Summer Festival in Salzburg; 1969-1983 at the 
Metropolitan Opera in New York and other big theatres. 1969-1994 
taught set design at the International Summer Academy in Salzburg; 
master of naturalistic, practicable sets (28 sets for H. von  Karajan, 
60 for O.  Schenk), esp. by using special effects of lighting and 
holography; designer of light festivals in Salzburg.

!Literature
K. Becsi (ed.), Die Buehne als kosmischer Raum. Zum 
Buehnenbildschaffen von G. S.-S., 1976; J. Mayerhoefer (ed.), G. S.-S. 
30 Jahre Buehnenschaffen, 1977; K. Pahlen, "Die Buehne - mein Leben". 
G. S.-S. in Gespraechen mit K. Pahlen, 1996.


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