Hermann Wedekind
Hermann Wedekind (18 November 1910, in Coesfeld, Westphalia – 16 January 1998, in Wadern)[1] was an artistic director at Festspiele Balver Höhle from 1983 to 1996.
Vita
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After his first engagements in Hagen and Bielefeld, Wedekind was brought to the Deutsches Theater in Berlin by the artistic director Heinz Hilpert in 1935 (1935–1943) and began a career in the field of youthful hero tenors at the Danzig Opera and then at the Dresden State Opera.[2] After the war, he became senior director in Bonn from 1946 to 1950, built the theater in Münster, and headed the theater in Basel from 1954.[2] In 1960, he took over the management of the city theater and later Saarland State Theatre in Saarbrücken.[3][4] He was artistic director at Festspiele Balver Höhle from 1983 to 1996.[5]
Wedekind was married to the actress Grete Schaun (1911–2007).[1] The director Michael Wedekind is a son.[1] His daughter Claudia Wedekind died in 2015.
Works (selection)
[edit | edit source]- 1949: Das Balver Zeitwendspiel (Theodor Pröpper)
- 1950 / 1995: Das große Welttheater, as director
- 1984–1986: Katharina von Georgien
- 1995: Robin Hood, as artistic director
Honors
[edit | edit source]- Albert-Schweitzer-Friedenspreis (1982)[5]
- Bundesverdienstkreuz (1984)[3]
- Saarland Order of Merit (1986)[6]
- Honorary citizen of Georgia (1995)[2][3]
- Kulturpreis North Rhine-Westphalia (1995)[5]
Literature
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