''Der Faust'', officially ''Deutscher Theaterpreis Der Faust'', is a German theatre prize, a national prize from 2006. It is awarded annually by the organizations Deutscher Bühnenverein, ,

Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste The Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste (German Academy of the Performing Arts) is an academy founded in Hamburg in 1956, representing members from theatre, film, television and radio. Their activities and events are supported by foundations ...

and the state in which the award ceremony is held. The trophy was designed by the Austrian stage designer . A jury of mostly members of the Bühnenverein considers proposals from theatres which may not name their own productions. The Jury selects three nominations per category, from which members of the Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden Künste elect the winners. The prize is awarded in eight categories: * ''Regie Schauspiel'' (direction play) * ''Darstellerin/Darsteller Schauspiel'' (performer play) * ''Regie Musiktheater'' (direction opera) * ''Sängerdarstellerin/Sängerdarsteller Musiktheater'' (performer opera) * ''Choreografie'' (choreography) * ''Darstellerin/Darsteller Tanz'' (dancer) * ''Regie Kinder- und Jugendtheater'' (direction children's and youth theatre) * ''Bühne/Kostüm'' (stage / costumes) Additional optional awards are a prize for a life's work (''Lebenswerk'') and ''Preis der Präsidentin'' (prize of the emalepresident).

Award ceremonies

The award ceremonies have taken place at alternating locations, presented by notable actors: * in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, moderation:

Rufus Beck Rufus Beck (born 23 July 1957) is a German theater, film, and voice actor. Besides his work on stage, on film, and on television, Beck is also a well known reader of audiobooks, having worked as the narrator of the German translations of the H ...

** Evelyn Herlitzius (performer opera) ** Meg Stuart (choreography) * in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

, Bavaria, moderation: Peter Jordan and **

Angela Denoke Angela Denoke (born 27 November 1961) is a German opera singer ( soprano). Born in Stade, she studied at the University of Music and Drama of Hamburg. Her first contract was at the Theater Ulm (1992–1996), where she sang Fiordiligi ('' Co ...

(performer opera) * in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, moderation: and Bernd Moss ** Christof Loy (direction opera) ** Iris Vermillion (performer opera) ** William Forsythe (choreography) * in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

, Rheinland-Pfalz, moderation: and **

Barrie Kosky Barrie KoskyBarrie Kosky's name is sometimes misspelled as Barry Kosky, Barrie Koski, Barrie Koskie. (born 18 February 1967) is an Australian theatre and opera director.Kosky also plays the piano, as he did in his production of Monteverdi's '' P ...

(direction opera) **

Michael Volle Michael Volle (; born 1960) is a German operatic baritone. After engagements at several German and Swiss opera houses, he has worked freelance since 2011. While he first appeared in Mozart roles such as Guglielmo, Papageno and Don Giovanni, he m ...

(performer opera) * in Essen, moderation: Samuel Finzi and ** Claus Guth (direction opera) ** Sophie Rois (performer play) ** Eva-Maria Westbroek (performer opera) * in

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...

, Hesse, moderation: ** Martin Wuttke (performer play) ** Claudia Barainsky (performer opera) **

Neco Celik Manoel Nunes (March 7, 1895 – May 31, 1977), also known as Neco, was an association football midfielder. With great skill and tenacity, he was the first idol of Corinthians, being the first player to get a statue in the team's gardens (in 192 ...

(direction children's and youth theatre) * in

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

, Thuringia, moderation: Dominique Horwitz ** Martin Kušej (direction opera) * in Berlin, moderation: Peter Jordan ** Claus Guth (direction opera) **

Christian Gerhaher Christian Gerhaher (born 24 July 1969, in Straubing) is a German baritone and bass singer in opera and concert, particularly known as a Lieder singer. Career Christian Gerhaher studied with Paul Kuën and Raimund Grumbach at the Hochschule ...

(performer opera) **

Bridget Breiner Bridget Breiner (born 1974) is an American dancer and choreographer. Since 1991, she lives and works mainly in Germany. Breiner was born in Connecticut and brought up in Columbus, Ohio, where she received her early dance training. At 17, she fur ...

(choreography) * in

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Ulrich Matthes Ulrich Matthes (born 9 May 1959) is a German actor, possibly best-known for having played Joseph Goebbels in the 2004 film '' Downfall''. Life and work Matthes was born in West Berlin and educated at the Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Klost ...

** Evelyn Herlitzius (performer opera) **

Aleksandar Denić Aleksandar Denić (born 31 October 1963, in Belgrade) (outside Serbia frequently spelt Aleksandar Denic) is a Serbian visual artist, stage designer and film production designer. He is known as a scenographer of feature films, as well as for his ...

(stage) * in Saarbrücken, moderation: Bernd Moss **

(performer drama) ** Andrea Breth (direction opera) **

Barbara Hannigan Barbara Hannigan (born 8 May 1971) is a Canadian soprano and conductor, known for her performances of contemporary opera. Education Hannigan's initial musical education came from music teachers in her hometown of Waverley, Nova Scotia, in Ha ...

(performer opera) **

(choreography) * in

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

, moderation: Milan Peschel **

Frank Castorf Frank Castorf (born 17 July 1951 in East Berlin) is a German theater director and was the artistic director of the ''Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz'' from 1992 to 2015. His work is often associated with postdramatic theatre. Biography E ...

(direction drama) **

Peter Konwitschny Peter Konwitschny (born 21 January 1945 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German opera and theatre director. Biography Peter Konwitschny grew up in Leipzig, where his father Franz Konwitschny was principal conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestr ...

(direction opera) ** Nicole Chevalier (performer opera) * in

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

, moderation: Christian Friedel **

Christoph Marthaler Christoph Marthaler (born 17 October 1951, in Erlenbach, Switzerland) is a Swiss director and musician, working in the style of avant-garde theater, such as Expressionism and Dada, a theater of the absurd elements. In 1998, he was awarded the IV ...

(direction opera) * in Regensburg, Bavaria, moderation: **

Tobias Kratzer Tobias Kratzer (born 17 January 1980) is a German stage director, especially of opera, who has worked internationally after winning a competition in Graz with two entries in 2008. He has staged works by Verdi and Wagner, but also contemporary musi ...

(direction opera) * in Kassel, Hesse, moderation: Wiebke Puls ** Johannes Martin Kränzle (performer opera) **

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Anne Teresa, Baroness De Keersmaeker (, born 1960 in Mechelen, Belgium, grew up in Wemmel) is a contemporary dance choreographer. The dance company constructed around her, , was in residence at La Monnaie in Brussels from 1992 to 2007. Biograph ...

(choreography) * in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...

, moderation: **

Marlis Petersen Marlis Petersen (born 3 February 1968)Heinrich (2018) is a German operatic coloratura soprano. Career Born in Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Marlis Petersen won six important piano competitions before eventually going to the Stuttgart Conserv ...

(performer opera)

Lifetime achievement

* 2006:

George Tabori George Tabori ( György Tábori; 24 May 1914 – 23 July 2007) was a Hungarian writer and theatre director. Life and career Tabori was born in Budapest as György Tábori, a son of Kornél and Elsa Tábori. His father Kornél (Cornelius) was m ...

* 2007:

Michael Gielen Michael Andreas Gielen (20 July 19278 March 2019) was an Austrian conductor and composer known for promoting contemporary music in opera and concert. Principally active in Europe, his performances are characterized by precision and vivacity, aid ...

* 2008: * 2009:

Pina Bausch Philippine "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as . Bausch's approach was noted for a stylized blend of dance m ...

(posthumous) * 2010: * 2011: * 2012:

Tankred Dorst Tankred Dorst (19 December 1925 – 1 June 2017) was a German playwright and storyteller. Dorst lived and worked in Munich. His farces, parables, one-act-plays and adaptations were inspired by the theatre of the absurd and the works of Ionesc ...

, * 2013:

Inge Keller Inge Keller (15 December 1923 – 6 February 2017) was a German stage and film actress whose career on stage and screen spanned seventy years. She was one of the most prominent performers in the former German Democratic Republic. Thomas Langhoff ...

* 2014: * 2015: Franz Mazura * 2016: Hans Neuenfels * 2017:

Elfriede Jelinek Elfriede Jelinek (; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors writing in German today and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature for her "musical flow of voices and counter-vo ...

* 2018:

Aribert Reimann Aribert Reimann (born 4 March 1936) is a German composer, pianist and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas. His version of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'', the opera '' Lear'', was written at the suggestion of Dietrich Fischer-Diesk ...

* 2019: * 2020: William Forsythe * 2021: Nicole Heesters * 2022:

Achim Freyer Achim Freyer (; born 30 March 1934) is a German stage director, set designer and painter. A protégé of Bertolt Brecht, Freyer has become one of the world's leading opera directors, working throughout Europe and, since 2002, in the United Stat ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Faust, Der German theatre awards Awards established in 2006 2006 establishments in Germany