Wopmann, Alfred#

b. Wels (Upper Austria), Nov. 23, 1936, director, managing stage director. Studied philosophy and violin; violinist of the Lower Austrian orchestra "Niederoesterreichisches Tonkuenstlerorchester" from 1959-1967; assistant director since 1990 of the Bregenz Festival, the Vienna Burgtheater and the Vienna State Opera from 1963-1968; first independent mise-en-scene for the opera-house of Dortmund in 1972. Since then has worked as a director at various theatres in Austria and abroad. From 1983 artistic director and since 1990 managing director of the at Bregenz Festival, where he has introduced new dramaturgical techniques emphasising the visual dimension ("Bregenzer Dramaturgie").

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