Nicolas Stemann (born 1968 in

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) is a German theatre director. He is best known for directing the 2002 stage production of ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'' at

Schauspiel Hannover Hanover Drama (german: Schauspiel Hannover) is a theatre company in Hanover, the state capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. The company is resident at the Hanover Playhouse () situated approximately east of Hanover Opera House, and the situated ...

, a

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

Career

Stemann studied

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and

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

at the

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...

, and

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

, theatre and directing at the

Max Reinhardt Seminar The Max Reinhardt Seminar (Reinhardt Seminar) is the School of Drama at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria. It is located in the Palais Cumberland, Penzingerstraße 9, in Vienna's 14th district (). History A ''Lehr ...

in Vienna. Later he also studied at the theatre academy in Hamburg with

Jürgen Flimm Jürgen Flimm (born 17 July 1941, in Gießen) is a German theater and opera director, and theater manager. After establishing himself as one of the exponents of Regietheater, Flimm was called to manage renowned theaters and festivals. His operatic ...

and

Christof Nel Christof Nel (born 7 April 1944) is a German theatre and opera director. He began his career as an actor but moved on to direct opera productions at major opera houses. Life Born in Stuttgart to parents who were both musicians, Nel studied ar ...

. He has been active in his chosen field of profession since 1995. The first time he received national attention was through the production of his ''Trilogy of Terror'' in 1997 at '' Kampnagel'' in Hamburg and Hoftheater Gostner in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

(''

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'' by

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, ''

The Seagull ''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises t ...

'' by

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, '' Leonce and Lena'' by

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). Furthermore, Stemann production of ''

Werther ''Werther'' is an opera (''drame lyrique'') in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont). It is loosely based on Goethe's epistolary novel ''The S ...

'' 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 ...

in Nuremberg (1997), featuring

Philipp Hochmair Philipp Hochmair (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �fɪǀɪp ˈhoːxmɑɪɐ; born 16 October 1973) is an Austrian theater, film and television actor. Early life Hochmair grew up in Vienna (Austria) where he discovered his passion for ...

, is played at present in numerous national and international theatres. In 2002 Nicolas Stemann was invited to the

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Theatertreffen for the first time, for his part in the production of

. A year earlier, in 2001, this production had already been invited by the Frankfurt-oriented TAT and has been staged at Experimenta 7. Stemanns international recognition was mainly due to his theatrical productions based on texts by Elfriede Jelinek. His production ''The Work'' which premiered at the Academy Theatre in Vienna, was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen and international festivals in 2004. In 2007 ''Ulrike Maria Stuart'' was premiered at the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg, and subsequently invited for the Berlin Theatertreffen. Nicolas Stemann staged regularly at the

Burgtheater The Burgtheater (literally:"Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as "(Imperial) Court Theater"), originally known as '' K.K. Theater an der Burg'', then until 1918 as the ''K.K. Hofburgtheater'', is the national theater of Austria in Vi ...

in Vienna, the Deutsches Theater in Berlin and the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. He regularly works with stage designer Katrin Nottrodt,

costume Costume is the distinctive style of dress or cosmetic of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch. In short costume is a cultural visual of the people. The term also was tradition ...

designer Esther Bialas, multimedia artist Claudia Lehmann and dramaturg . From the 2019/2020 season, he will be co-director of

Schauspielhaus Zürich The Schauspielhaus Zürich ( en, Zürich playhouse) is one of the most prominent and important theatres in the German-speaking world. It is also known as "Pfauenbühne" (Peacock Stage). The large theatre has 750 seats. The also operates three st ...

together with dramaturge

Benjamin von Blomberg Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...

List of productions

* ''Trilogy of Terror'' in 1997 * ''Möwe. Terrorspiel'' in 1998 * ''Zombie 45 - Am Baß Adolf Hitler'' in 1998 * ''Leonce und Lena'' in 1999 * ''

'' in 2001 * ''

Das Werk ''Das Werk'' (''The Works'', sometimes translated as ''The Plant'') is a play by the Nobel Prize winning Austrian playwright and novelist Elfriede Jelinek. About It premiered at the Akademietheater in Vienna on 11 April 2003, under the directio ...

'' in 2003 * ''Ulrike Maria Stuart'' in 2007

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* Film directors from Hamburg University of Hamburg alumni German theatre directors Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin 1968 births Living people {{theat-director-stub