Christoph Marthaler (born 17 October 1951, in

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) is a Swiss director and musician, working in the style of avant-garde theater, such as

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, a

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elements. In 1998, he was awarded the IV Europe Prize Theatrical Realities.

Performances

* 1980: Zurich Theatre Spectacle,

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: Christoph Marthaler – '' Indeed. An interior '' * 1983: Zurich: Christoph Marthaler after

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– '' Blanc et immobile '' * 1985: Minimal Festival Zurich: Christoph Marthaler after Erik Satie – '' Vexations '' * 1985: Zurich: Christoph Marthaler – '' Big words anthem. An Impromptu for choir, orchestra, six important men and a stowaway. '' * 1988: Zurich Playhouse:

Kurt Schwitters Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948) was a German artist who was born in Hanover, Germany. Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including dadaism, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, pain ...

– '' Ribble Bobble Pimlico '' * 1988:

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: Christoph Marthaler / Barbara Mundel – '' arrival Badischer Bahnhof '' * 1989: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler – '' When the Alpine Mind Reddens, Kill, Free Swiss, Kill '' * 1990: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler – '' Stägeli uf, Stägeli off juhee! '' * 1991: Theater Basel:

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– '' Faust. A subjective tragedy '' * 1992: Theater Basel:

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic expe ...

– '' A piece of monologue / Still no longer '' * 1993: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler – '' Murx the Europeans! Murx him! Murx him! Murx him! Murx it off! '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 1993: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler – '' ProHelvetia '' * 1993: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg: Christoph Marthaler by

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...

– '' Goethe's Faust Root 1 + 2 '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 1994:

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– '' Pelléas et Mélisande '' * 1994 Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler by

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– '' storm before Shakespeare – le petit Rien '' * 1994: Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg: Christoph Marthaler – '' Addiction / pleasure '' * 1994 Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler by

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and

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– '' The intruder – an anniversary concert in two acts '' * 1995: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg: Christoph Marthaler / Stefanie Carp – '' Zero Hour or the Art of serving '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) Chronicle of the Berlin Theatertreffen
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– '' wedding '' * 1996:

Salzburg Festival The Salzburg Festival (german: Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amad ...

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Pierrot Lunaire ''Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds "Pierrot lunaire"'' ("Three times Seven Poems from Albert Giraud's 'Pierrot lunaire), commonly known simply as ''Pierrot lunaire'', Op. 21 ("Moonstruck Pierrot" or "Pierrot in the Moonlight"), is a me ...

Quatuor pour la fin du temps ''Quatuor pour la fin du temps'' (), originally ''Quatuor de la fin du temps'' ("''Quartet of the End of Time''"), also known by its English title ''Quartet for the End of Time'', is an eight-movement piece of chamber music by the French composer ...

'' * 1996: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg:

Ödön von Horváth Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901, Sušak, Rijeka, Austria-Hungary – 1 June 1938, Paris France) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the name of ''nom de guerre'' Ödön von Horváth. He was ...

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'' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 1996: World in Basel and Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler – '' Lina Böglis travel '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 1996: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler – '' Street of the Best. A tour '' * 1996: Oper Frankfurt:

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

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Luisa Miller ''Luisa Miller'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play ''Kabale und Liebe'' (''Intrigue and Love'') by the German dramatist Friedrich von Schiller. Verdi's initial idea for ...

'' * 1996: Opéra La Monnaie, Brussels: Klaas de Vries by

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and

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– '' A King, Riding '' * 1996: International Music Festival in Lucerne: Michael Jarrell for

Christa Wolf Christa Wolf (; née Ihlenfeld; 18 March 1929 – 1 December 2011) was a German novelist and essayist.
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– '' Cassandra '' director Christoph Marthaler and Anne Bennent * 1997: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler / Jürg Henneberger – '' The Unanswered Question '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 1997: Volksbühne Berlin:

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– '' Three Sisters '' * 1997: Oper Frankfurt:

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Fidelio ''Fidelio'' (; ), originally titled ' (''Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love''), Op. 72, is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, with ...

'' * 1998: German Schauspielhaus Hamburg:

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– '' Arsenic and Old Lace ' * 1998: Volksbühne Berlin:

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (, also , , ; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera '' ...

– '' La Vie Parisienne '' * 1998: Salzburg Festival:

Leoš Janáček Leoš Janáček (, baptised Leo Eugen Janáček; 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic musics, including Eastern European fol ...

– ''

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'' * 1999: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg: Christoph Marthaler – '' Specialists. A survival tea dance '' * 1999: Salzburg Festival: Ödön von Horváth – ''

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'' * 2000: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler / Anna Viebrock / Jürg Henneberger – '' 20th Century Blues '' * 2000: Schauspielhaus Zurich: Christoph Marthaler – '' Hotel anxiety '' * 2001: Schauspielhaus Zurich:

– '' Twelfth '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2001: Schauspielhaus Zurich: Christoph Marthaler by

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'' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2001: Salzburg Festival:

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Le nozze di Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...

'' * 2001: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler after Raffaele Viviani – '' The Ten Commandments '' * 2002: Schauspielhaus Zurich:

Thomas Hürlimann Thomas Hürlimann (born 21 December 1950) is a Swiss playwright and novelist. Biography Hürlimann was born in Zug, Switzerland. He is a son of the former government and federal councilor (Minister) Hans Hürlimann. He studied philosophy in Züric ...

– '' synchro '' * 2002: Münchner Kammerspiele:

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– '' In the Alps '' * 2003: Schauspielhaus Zurich: Christoph Marthaler – '' Groundings '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2003: Schauspielhaus Zurich:

Georg Büchner Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchn ...

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Danton's Death ''Danton's Death'' (''Dantons Tod'') was the first play written by Georg Büchner, set during the French Revolution. History Georg Büchner wrote his works in the period between Romanticism and Realism in the so-called Vormärz era in German hi ...

'' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2003: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler after

Herman Melville Herman Melville (Name change, born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American people, American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance (literature), American Renaissance period. Among his bes ...

– '' Better not. A thinning '' * 2003: Schauspielhaus Zurich: Christoph Marthaler after

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– '' The Golden Age '', with Stefan Pucher and Meg Stuart * 2003: Opera Zurich / Zurich Schauspielhaus:

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– '' Invocation '' * 2004: Schauspielhaus Zurich: Christoph Marthaler – '' T.D.C. A replacement Passion '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2004: Nederlands Toneel (NT) Gent: Christoph Marthaler after Herman Heijermans – '' shanties '' * 2005: Vienna Festival: Christoph Marthaler / Stefanie Carp – '' Protection from the Future '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen,

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for Best Director) * 2005:

Donaueschingen Festival The Donaueschingen Festival (german: Donaueschinger Musiktage, links=no) is a festival for new music that takes place every October in the small town of Donaueschingen in south-western Germany. Founded in 1921, it is considered the oldest festiva ...

: Beat Furrer – '' FAMA. Sound theater for large ensemble, eight voices, actress and sound building '' * 2005:

Bayreuth Festival The Bayreuth Festival (german: link=no, Bayreuther Festspiele) is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented. Wagner himself conceived ...

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Tristan und Isolde ''Tristan und Isolde'' (''Tristan and Isolde''), WWV 90, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg. It was compose ...

'' * 2005: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler – '' The fruit fly '' * 2006: KunstenFESTIVALdesArts Brussels: Christoph Marthaler – '' Winch only '' (Premio Ubu, Italy) * 2006: Volksbühne Berlin: Ödön von Horváth – ''

Tales from the Vienna Woods "Tales from the Vienna Woods" (german: "Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald", links=no, italic=no, occasionally ) is a waltz by Johann Strauss II. Composed in 1868 in music, 1868, , Opus number, Op. 325, was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Stra ...

'' * 2007: Nederlands Theatre (NT) Gent / Toneelgroep Amsterdam: Christoph Marthaler – '' Maeterlinck '' * 2007: Opéra national de Paris:

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La traviata ''La traviata'' (; ''The Fallen Woman'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on ''La Dame aux camélias'' (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ''fils'' adapted from his own 18 ...

'' * 2007: Salzburg Festival / Ruhr Triennale: Christoph Marthaler – '' Sauser from Italy. A Urheberei '' * 2007: Rote Fabrik Zurich: Christoph Marthaler – '' lack of space '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2008: Opéra national de Paris:

Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( , ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...

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Wozzeck ''Wozzeck'' () is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. It was composed between 1914 and 1922 and first performed in 1925. The opera is based on the drama ''Woyzeck'', which the German playwright Georg Büchner left incomplete at h ...

'' * 2008: Hotel Waldhaus Sils-Maria: Christoph Marthaler – '' The theater with the Waldhaus '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2008: Centre culturel suisse de Paris: Christoph Marthaler – '' Lorem Ipsum Dolor: carte blanche à Christoph Marthaler '' * 2009: Vienna Festival: Christoph Marthaler and Anna Viebrock – '' Riesenbutzbach. A permanent colony. '' (Invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen) * 2009: Theater Basel: Jacques Offenbach – ''

La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein'' (''The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein'') is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The sto ...

'' * 2010: Theater Basel: Beat Furrer – '' Wüstenbuch '' * 2010: Festival d'Avignon: Christoph Marthaler and Anna Viebrock – '' Nonsense ' * 2010: Theater Basel: My fair lady – a language laboratory * 2011:

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project; UA 12 May 2011 * 2011:

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'' * 2011: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler, Malte Ubenauf, Bendix Dethleffsen – '' Lo stimolatore cardiaco '' * 2012: Volksbühne Berlin / Vienna Festival: Ödön von Horváth – '' GlaubeLiebeHoffnung '' * 2012: Zurich Opera House: Christoph Marthaler, Anna Viebrock, Laurence Cummings, Malte Ubenauf – '' Sale '' * 2013: Acting Cologne: Sasha Rau – '' Oh it's like home '' * 2013: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler, Malte Ubenauf, Bendix Dethleffsen – '' king. An enharmonic '' * 2013:

Vienna Festival __NOTOC__ The Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival) is a cultural festival in Vienna that takes place every year for five or six weeks in May and June. The Wiener Festwochen was established in 1951, when Vienna was still occupied by the four Allie ...

: Christoph Marthaler, Uli Fussenegger – '' Last Days. An eve '' * 2013: Theater Basel: Christoph Marthaler / Eugene Labuche – '' Das Weisse from egg (Une ile flottante) '' * 2014: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg: Christoph Marthaler, Anna Viebrock, Malte Ubenauf – '' homesickness & Crime '' * 2014: Teatro Real Madrid: Jacques Offenbach – ''

Les contes d'Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died ...

'' * 2014: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler, Anna Viebrock, Malte Ubenauf – '' Tessa Blomstedt does not give up '' * 2015: Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg: John Osborne – '' The Entertainer ' * 2015: Theater Basel / Hamburg State Opera: Christoph Marthaler – '' Isolde 'supper' ' * 2015: Zurich Opera House: G. Rossini – ''

Il Viaggio A Reims ''Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro'' (''The Journey to Reims, or The Hotel of the Golden Fleur-de-lis'') is an operatic dramma giocoso, originally performed in three acts,Janet Johnson: ''A Lost Masterpiece Recovered'', pp. 37 ...

'' * 2016: Volksbühne Berlin: Christoph Marthaler – '' Hallelujah (A Reserve) ''

Awards

* 1992: Culture Prize of the Canton of Basel-Country * 1994: Director of the Year, Theater today * 1996: main prize of the VI. International Festival of Torun, Poland * 1996:

Konrad Wolf Prize The Konrad Wolf Prize (german: Konrad-Wolf-Preis) is a German performing arts, new media art and film award given since 1986 by the Academy of Arts, Berlin (formerly the East German Academy of Arts). It is named after the East German film director a ...

Academy of Arts, Berlin The Academy of Arts (german: Akademie der Künste) is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany. The Academy's predecessor organization was fo ...

* 1997: Fritz Kortner Prize * 1997: Director of the Year, Theatre today * 1998: Europe Prize Theatrical Realities * 1998: Friedrich Luft Prize for '' Parisian life '' at the Volksbühne Berlin * 1999: Premio Ubu, Italy * 2004: Theatre Award Berlin, together with the set designer Anna Viebrock * 2004: recognition medal of the City of Zurich for special cultural achievements * 2005:

(Best director) for '' Protection from the Future '' * 2006: Premio Ubu, Italy * 2007: International Stanislavsky Award 2007 * 2008: Politika Award of the Festival

BITEF The Belgrade International Theatre Festival (abbr. BITEF) is a theatre festival that takes place every September annually in Belgrade, Serbia. History Founded in 1967, BITEF has continually followed and supported the latest theatre trends. It h ...

, Belgrade * 2009: Cultural Prize of the Canton of Zurich * 2011: Hans Reinhart Ring * 2015: Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale (Biennale Teatro) * 2015: Premio Ubu, Italy * 2018:

International Ibsen Award The International Ibsen Award (Norwegian: ''Den internasjonale Ibsenprisen'') honours an individual, institution or organization that has brought new artistic dimensions to the world of drama or theater. The committee consists of figures in the the ...

References

External links

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Official website
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