Lotte de Beer (born 11 August 1981
) is a Dutch opera director.
Biography
Raised in
Mheer
Mheer (; li, Maer) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten and about 12 km southeast of Maastricht.
History
The village was first mentioned in the 1170s as de Mere, and means l ...
in the
Zuid-Limburg region of
Limburg
Limburg or Limbourg may refer to:
Regions
* Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium
* Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands
* Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...
, de Beer studied singing and piano in her youth.
She subsequently developed an interest in acting, and studied acting at the ''Toneelschool
Maastricht
Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...
''. She subsequently studied directing at the
Amsterdam University of the Arts
The Amsterdam University of the Arts ( nl, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten) is a Dutch vocational university of arts located in Amsterdam.
The university consists of:
* Academy of Architecture
* Academy of Theatre and Dance
* Breitner Aca ...
, from which she graduated in 2009.
She was a prizewinner in the Ton Lutz Awards in 2009 for ''grooste regietalent'' (greatest directing talent),
for her production of ''Hauptling Abendwind'' / ''Vent du Soir''. Her mentors have included Peter Konwitschny
and Pierre Audi.
In 2010, de Beer founded Operafront, an opera company based in Amsterdam focused on small-scale and experimental productions of opera,
and became its first artistic director.
Her work with contemporary opera has included directing the premiere productions of the new operas ''Waiting for Miss Monroe'' and ''The New Prince'', both for Dutch National Opera.
Outside of The Netherlands, de Beer directed the
Bavarian State Opera
The Bayerische Staatsoper is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bayerische Staatsorchester.
History
The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under Ele ...
's first full staging of Puccini's ''Il Trittico'', in Italian, in December 2017. She has directed productions at the Bregenz Festival, the Aalto-Musiktheater (Essen), the
Theater an der Wien
The is a historic theatre in Vienna located on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district. Completed in 1801, the theatre has hosted the premieres of many celebrated works of theatre, opera, and symphonic music. Since 2006, it has served prima ...
,
[ the Münchener Biennale and Oper Leipzig.][ In October 2020, the ]Vienna Volksoper
The Vienna Volksoper (''Volksoper'' or ''Vienna People's Opera'') is an opera house in Vienna, Austria. It produces three hundred performances of twenty-five German language productions of opera, operetta, musicals, and ballet, during an annual s ...
announced the appointment of de Beer as its next artistic director, the first woman ever named to the post,
References
External links
Alferink Artists Management agency page on Lotte de Beer
Dutch National Opera & Ballet biography of Lotte de Beer
Official homepage of Operafront
George Loomis, "Opera for an Era When Money Is Tight". ''The New York Times'', "IHT Rendezvous" blog, 24 February 2013
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Living people
Dutch opera directors
1981 births