Andreas Kriegenburg
Director
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Andreas Kriegenburg made his debut at Oper Frankfurt in 2010/11, with this production of Tosca. He has enjoyed great success directing plays and operas, including Simon Boccanegra and Lady Macbeth of Mzensk at the Salzburg Festival, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte and Platée at the Semperoper in Dresden, Rigoletto at the New National Theatre in Tokyo, Wozzeck, Die Soldaten, Wagner's Ring and Hans Abrahamsen's The Snow Queen at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Otello at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Les Huguenots at the Opéra National in Paris, Jörg Widmann's Babylon at the Staatsoper in Berlin, The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein at the Staatstheater in Nürnberg, Die Frau ohne Schatten and Der Freischütz at Hamburg State Opera and Enescu's Œdipe at the Bregenz Festival. Many of Andreas Kriegenburg's productions have been invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen (a great honour) and won awards, including the 2005 Nestroy Prize and 2008 FAUST Prize. Theater heute magazine voted him Set Designer of the Year 2010 for his Prinz Friedrich von Homburg and Diebe / Thieves at the Deutsche Theater Berlin, where he worked as house director from 2009/10 - 2013/14. Earlier on in his career he spent time under contract to the Berlin Volksbühne, the Staatstheater in Hannover, Burgtheater in Vienna and Thalia Theater in Hamburg.