Andreas Meyer-Hanno (18 February 1932 – 7 September 2006) was a German theater and

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Biography

Meyer-Hanno was born in Berlin. His parents were Hans Meyer-Hanno and Irene Sager. Since 1949 Meyer-Hanno studied music and theater. After university studies he worked between 1956 and 1964 at the

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, where he became 1959 opera director. From 1964 to 1972 he worked as opera director in

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at the

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and then from 1972 to 1976 in

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at the

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. In 1980 he co-founded the LGBT organisation ''Homosexuelle Selbsthilfe'' (homosexual's self-help). Meyer-Hanno became

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at the

Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (german: Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, italic=no, link=no, HfMDK) is a state Hochschule for music, theatre and dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its k ...

in 1976. He retired as professor in 1993. From 1989 to 1993 he helped to build the ''

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'' in Frankfurt.Frankfurter Engel
Meyer-Hanno died in

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. He was buried in the

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cemetery in

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Honors

* ''Römer-Plakette'' of city

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, 1993 * Price ''Rosa Courage'' in

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Bundesverdienstkreuz The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

, 2000

References

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German opera directors Academic staff of the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts 20th-century German LGBT people 21st-century German LGBT people 1932 births 2006 deaths Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{opera-bio-stub