The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was a

theatre school A drama school, stage school or theatre school is an undergraduate and/or graduate school or department at a college or university; or a free-standing institution (such as the Drama section at the Juilliard School); which specializes in the pr ...

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 wel ...

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

, Germany, which existed from 1953 to 1992. The official name was Theaterhochschule "Hans Otto" Leipzig.

History

The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was founded on 1 November 1953 as a merger of two institutions, the in

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ...

and the Theaterschule Leipzig. From the late 1960s,

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...

was a teacher. In 1967 it was named after the actor whom the Nazis had murdered in 1933. The Hochschule was located at the Villa Sieskind in the and buildings in the neighbourhood. The institution was dissolved per the ''Sächsisches Hochschulstrukturgesetz'' on 10 April 1992. The acting department became a faculty of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy", while

theatre studies Theatre studies (sometimes referred to as theatrology or dramatics) is the study of theatrical performance in relation to its literary, physical, psychobiological, sociological, and historical contexts. It is an interdisciplinary field which also e ...

formed a new institute of the

Leipzig University Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December ...

Alumni

Eberhard Esche Eberhard Esche (October 25, 1933 in Leipzig – May 15, 2006 in Berlin) was a German film and television actor. He studied at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig. He appeared in the following: *''For Eyes Only'' (1961) *''Nebel'' (1963) *''Divided He ...

(1933–2006), actor *

Jürgen Holtz Jürgen Holtz (10 August 193221 June 2020) was a German actor on stage and in film, and an artist and author. On stage he played leading roles in East Berlin, including with the Berliner Ensemble, and from 1983 in the West, in both classics suc ...

(1932–2020), actor on stage and in film, artist and author *

Julia Jäger Julia Jäger (born 28 January 1970) is a German actress. She was born in Angermünde, Brandenburg and grew up in Frankfurt (Oder), where her father Diether Jäger was a stage actor. At the age of 13, she appeared in the children's film ''Morit ...

(born 1970), actress *

Sonja Kehler Sonja Kehler (2 February 1933 – 18 January 2016) was a German actress and chanson singer, known internationally for her interpretation of works by Bertolt Brecht, first playing his characters on the theatre stage, then focused on singing his son ...

(1933–2016), actress and chanson singer *

Volkmar Kleinert Volkmar Kleinert (born 20 September 1938) is a German actor. He studied at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig and appeared in more than one hundred films since 1959. Filmography References External links

* 1938 births Theaterhochsch ...

(born 1938), actor, recitator *

Harry Kupfer Harry Alfred Robert Kupfer (12 August 1935 – 30 December 2019) was a German opera director and academic. A long-time director at the Komische Oper Berlin, he worked at major opera houses and at festivals internationally. Trained by Walter Felse ...

(1935–2019), opera director, recipient of the

National Prize of the GDR The National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (german: Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was an award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) given out in three different classes for scientific, artistic, ...

Ute Lubosch Ute Lubosch (born 10 March 1953 in Erfurt) is a German actress, who began her career in East German theater, film, and television. Background Ute Lubosch studied acting at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig and in the drama studio of the Dresden S ...

(born 1953), actress, stage director *

Hans-Peter Minetti Hans-Peter Minetti (21 April 1926 – 10 November 2006) was a German actor. He studied at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was a theatre school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, which existed from 1953 to 1992. The official ...

(1926–2006), actor *

Ulrich Mühe Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (; 20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film ''Das Leben der Anderen'' (''The Lives of Others'', 200 ...

(1953–2007), actor in film and theatre,

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* Günther Rücker (1924–2008), writer, playwright, film director, recipient of the

Jörg Schüttauf Jörg Schüttauf (born 26 December 1961) is a German actor. He studied at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig. Since 2002 he has starred in the Hessischer Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series ''Tatort''. Filmography Film * 1985: ''E ...

(born 1961), actor, recipient of the

Grimme-Preis The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.Peter Sodann Peter Sodann (born 1 June 1936 in Meissen, Saxony) is a German actor, director and politician. He was the Left Party's nominee for the 2009 presidential election, but was not considered a serious candidate by the German media. Early life Sodann ...

(born 1936), actor, stage director, intendant *

Carina Wiese Carina Nicolette Wiese (born 26 February 1968) is a German actress. Personal life and career Wiese was born in Dresden, East Germany, where she went to school and began acting at a youth theatre in Pirna from a young age. She completed an app ...

(born 1968), actress *

Monika Woytowicz Monika Woytowicz (born 1944) is a German stage, film and television actress. She studied at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was a theatre school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, which existed from 1953 to 1992. The offi ...

(born 1944), actress

Literature

* Gerhard Neubauer (ed.)
''„… dann gehst du aber auf 'ne richtige Schule!“ Fünfzig Jahre Schauspieler-Ausbildung in Leipzig 1953–2003.''
Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“, Leipzig 2003.

External links

Theaterhochschule Leipzig
(in German) Leipzig-Lexikon {{authority control Theaterhochschule Leipzig Drama schools in Germany Defunct drama schools Education in Leipzig Educational institutions established in 1953 1953 establishments in Germany