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Paul Hager

January 01, 1970

Paul Hager (15 November 1925 – 12 April 1983) was a German theatre and opera director.

Life edit

Hager was born in Remscheid. His mother, Emmy Hager, née Tillmanns, was a pianist, his father Franz Paul Hager, general director of the Remscheid Alexanderwerk, both regular visitors to the Bayreuth Festival. Music and theatre, but also his father's responsible entrepreneurial activities, shaped his childhood. Determined by his father before his early death to become his successor, he studied business administration at Cologne University – after returning from the front – which he completed with the thesis Über die Organisationsgrundlagen des deutschen Kulturtheaters.

He completed his "apprentice years" at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich under the direction of Rudolf Hartmann [de], Heinz Arnold (director), Georg Solti, Eugen Jochum, Ferenc Fricsay (conductors), Carl Orff (composer) and at the Bayreuth Festival under Wieland Wagner (director), Hans Knappertsbusch, Herbert von Karajan (conductors). After his first own productions in Nuremberg, he became Germany's youngest artistic director in Heidelberg in the 1953/54 season.

In the autumn of 1954, his collaboration with the San Francisco Opera began with the production of Puccini's La bohème for the opera house's festival season, which was to last 30 years. In addition to the established opera repertoire, his productions also included American first performances: in 1954, Arthur Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, in 1958, Carl Orff's Die Kluge (title role Leontyne Price) and Carmina Burana (conductor Leopold Ludwig), (stage design Jean-Pierre Ponnelle), in 1959, Richard Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten, in 1960, Dmitri Shostakovich's Ekaterina Ismailova. In 1973, he was awarded the San Francisco Opera Medal for his merits.

From the 1957/58 season onwards, Hager was also a regular guest director at the Staatstheater Stuttgart where he worked alongside Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier (1964, conductor Ferdinand Leitner) and Elektra (1971, conductor Carlos Kleiber), in 1967 he brought out a new production of Carl Orff's Antigonae, which was invited to the theatre festival in Athens.

In 1958, Herbert von Karajan brought him to the Vienna State Opera as head of the orchestra, which he left in 1964. Of his productions at this house, Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci was performed 150 times until 1982 and Charles Gounod's Faust 54 times until 1977. This "Viennese" period also saw his directorial work for the Salzburg Festival: in 1961, the world premiere of Rudolf Wagner-Régeny's Das Bergwerk von Falun (conductor: Heinz Wallberg) and Mozart's Idomeneo (conductor: Herbert von Karajan).

In 1964, Erich Schumacher engaged him as head of the Grillo-Theater's opera company in Essen. In addition, guest performance engagements took him to the Nationaltheater Mannheim (Salome with Gloria Davy in the title role), to Stuttgart, Cologne, Lyon, to the Milan La Scala, to Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana) and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires (Der Rosenkavalier with Sena Jurinac, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, conductor Erich Leinsdorf).[1]

After a crisis-ridden period in which the continued existence of the Theater Dortmund was dramatically questioned, Hager took over the artistic direction of the newly established Städtische Bühnen Dortmund as General Director in 1975, together with the Administrative Director Karlheinz Engels. At that time, it covered opera, drama, and dance, as well as children's and youth theatre. In 1976 in the Opernhaus Dortmund, Siegfried completed Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, which had begun with Die Walküre conducted by Wilhelm Schüchter. In 1977/78, in Wagnerian tradition, followed Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Parsifal. Here, too, he succeeded in realising his special predilection for modern music drama with Alban Berg's Lulu (1977/78) and Wolfgang Fortner's Bluthochzeit (1975/76).[2]

Hager is best known as a man of opera, music, music drama and as a theatre director, than an organiser. But he was also a comedian. Already early in 1949, he liked to be on stage himself in small roles in Munich (as in Joseph Haas's opera Tobias Wunderlich [de]), in Heidelberg he saved an evening performance by taking over the title role in Molière's The Imaginary Invalid. During a rehearsal for Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades, he collapsed on stage in 1983 and died at the age of 57, shortly afterwards in hospital. Hager had two children.

References edit

  1. ^ Hans Schüler. . Stadtarchiv Mannheim. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ John (1958-11-27). "Was kann man Intendanten zumuten?". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2 October 2020.(registration required)

Further reading edit

  • Franz Feldens (1967). "Geschichte des Essener Theaters 1892–1967". 75 Jahre Städtische Bühnen Essen. Essen: Rheinisch-Westfälische Verlagsgesellschaft.
  • Jürgen Dieter Waidelich [in German] (1992). Essen spielt Theater – 1000 und einhundert Jahre; zum 100. Geburtstag des Grillo-Theaters. Vol. 1. Düsseldorf: Econ-Verlag. ISBN 3-430-19452-0. OCLC 644102716.
  • Jürgen Dieter Waidelich (1994). Essen spielt Theater – 1000 und einhundert Jahre; zum 100. Geburtstag des Grillo-Theaters. Vol. 2. Düsseldorf: Econ-Verlag. ISBN 3-430-19454-7.
  • Walter Erich Schäfer (1972). Die Stuttgarter Oper. Pfullingen: Günther Neske. ISBN 3-7885-0023-9.
  • Direktorium der Städtischen Bühnen Dortmund (1979). 75 Jahre Städtisches Theater in Dortmund. Dortmund: Wulff Verlag. ISBN 3-88090-067-1.
  • Die Festspielleitung. Bayreuther Festspiele 1951. Bayreuth: Wagner-Buchhandlung Georg Niehernheim.
  • Intendanz der Bayerischen Staatsoper. Blätter der Bayerischen Staatsoper. Munich: J. Gotteswinter.
  • Peter Dusek [in German]. Opernhäuser der Welt, Die Wiener Staatsoper. Berlin: Orpheus-Verlag.
  • Arthur J. Bloomfield. The San Francisco Opera 1923–1961. New York: Arthur Appleton-Century-Crofts.

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Paul Hager 15 November 1925 12 April 1983 was a German theatre and opera director Contents 1 Life 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External linksLife editHager was born in Remscheid His mother Emmy Hager nee Tillmanns was a pianist his father Franz Paul Hager general director of the Remscheid Alexanderwerk both regular visitors to the Bayreuth Festival Music and theatre but also his father s responsible entrepreneurial activities shaped his childhood Determined by his father before his early death to become his successor he studied business administration at Cologne University after returning from the front which he completed with the thesis Uber die Organisationsgrundlagen des deutschen Kulturtheaters He completed his apprentice years at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich under the direction of Rudolf Hartmann de Heinz Arnold director Georg Solti Eugen Jochum Ferenc Fricsay conductors Carl Orff composer and at the Bayreuth Festival under Wieland Wagner director Hans Knappertsbusch Herbert von Karajan conductors After his first own productions in Nuremberg he became Germany s youngest artistic director in Heidelberg in the 1953 54 season In the autumn of 1954 his collaboration with the San Francisco Opera began with the production of Puccini s La boheme for the opera house s festival season which was to last 30 years In addition to the established opera repertoire his productions also included American first performances in 1954 Arthur Honegger s Jeanne d Arc au bucher in 1958 Carl Orff s Die Kluge title role Leontyne Price and Carmina Burana conductor Leopold Ludwig stage design Jean Pierre Ponnelle in 1959 Richard Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten in 1960 Dmitri Shostakovich s Ekaterina Ismailova In 1973 he was awarded the San Francisco Opera Medal for his merits From the 1957 58 season onwards Hager was also a regular guest director at the Staatstheater Stuttgart where he worked alongside Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier 1964 conductor Ferdinand Leitner and Elektra 1971 conductor Carlos Kleiber in 1967 he brought out a new production of Carl Orff s Antigonae which was invited to the theatre festival in Athens In 1958 Herbert von Karajan brought him to the Vienna State Opera as head of the orchestra which he left in 1964 Of his productions at this house Ruggero Leoncavallo s Pagliacci was performed 150 times until 1982 and Charles Gounod s Faust 54 times until 1977 This Viennese period also saw his directorial work for the Salzburg Festival in 1961 the world premiere of Rudolf Wagner Regeny s Das Bergwerk von Falun conductor Heinz Wallberg and Mozart s Idomeneo conductor Herbert von Karajan In 1964 Erich Schumacher engaged him as head of the Grillo Theater s opera company in Essen In addition guest performance engagements took him to the Nationaltheater Mannheim Salome with Gloria Davy in the title role to Stuttgart Cologne Lyon to the Milan La Scala to Pietro Mascagni s Cavalleria rusticana and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires Der Rosenkavalier with Sena Jurinac Christa Ludwig Walter Berry conductor Erich Leinsdorf 1 After a crisis ridden period in which the continued existence of the Theater Dortmund was dramatically questioned Hager took over the artistic direction of the newly established Stadtische Buhnen Dortmund as General Director in 1975 together with the Administrative Director Karlheinz Engels At that time it covered opera drama and dance as well as children s and youth theatre In 1976 in the Opernhaus Dortmund Siegfried completed Wagner s Der Ring des Nibelungen which had begun with Die Walkure conducted by Wilhelm Schuchter In 1977 78 in Wagnerian tradition followed Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg and Parsifal Here too he succeeded in realising his special predilection for modern music drama with Alban Berg s Lulu 1977 78 and Wolfgang Fortner s Bluthochzeit 1975 76 2 Hager is best known as a man of opera music music drama and as a theatre director than an organiser But he was also a comedian Already early in 1949 he liked to be on stage himself in small roles in Munich as in Joseph Haas s opera Tobias Wunderlich de in Heidelberg he saved an evening performance by taking over the title role in Moliere s The Imaginary Invalid During a rehearsal for Tchaikovsky s The Queen of Spades he collapsed on stage in 1983 and died at the age of 57 shortly afterwards in hospital Hager had two children References edit Hans Schuler Der Nachlass des Mannheimer Theaterprinzipals Korrespondenz mit Paul Hager unter den Nummern 343 und 384 Stadtarchiv Mannheim Archived from the original on 17 July 2012 Retrieved 2 October 2020 John 1958 11 27 Was kann man Intendanten zumuten Die Zeit in German Hamburg ISSN 0044 2070 Retrieved 2 October 2020 registration required Further reading editFranz Feldens 1967 Geschichte des Essener Theaters 1892 1967 75 Jahre Stadtische Buhnen Essen Essen Rheinisch Westfalische Verlagsgesellschaft Jurgen Dieter Waidelich in German 1992 Essen spielt Theater 1000 und einhundert Jahre zum 100 Geburtstag des Grillo Theaters Vol 1 Dusseldorf Econ Verlag ISBN 3 430 19452 0 OCLC 644102716 Jurgen Dieter Waidelich 1994 Essen spielt Theater 1000 und einhundert Jahre zum 100 Geburtstag des Grillo Theaters Vol 2 Dusseldorf Econ Verlag ISBN 3 430 19454 7 Walter Erich Schafer 1972 Die Stuttgarter Oper Pfullingen Gunther Neske ISBN 3 7885 0023 9 Direktorium der Stadtischen Buhnen Dortmund 1979 75 Jahre Stadtisches Theater in Dortmund Dortmund Wulff Verlag ISBN 3 88090 067 1 Die Festspielleitung Bayreuther Festspiele 1951 Bayreuth Wagner Buchhandlung Georg Niehernheim Intendanz der Bayerischen Staatsoper Blatter der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munich J Gotteswinter Peter Dusek in German Opernhauser der Welt Die Wiener Staatsoper Berlin Orpheus Verlag Arthur J Bloomfield The San Francisco Opera 1923 1961 New York Arthur Appleton Century Crofts External links editLiterature by and about Paul Hager in the German National Library catalogue Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Theatre nbsp Opera nbsp Germany Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul Hager amp oldid 1096310149, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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