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'''Herbert Wernicke''' (24 March 1946 – 16 April 2002) was a German [[opera]] director and a [[scenic design|set]] and [[costume designer]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/apr/20/guardianobituaries.tomsutcliffe "Herbert Wernicke" (obituary)] by [[Tom Sutcliffe (opera critic)|Tom Sutcliffe]], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 20 April 2002</ref> He was born in [[Auggen]], [[Baden-Württemberg]].<ref>[http://www.badische-zeitung.de/auggen/wiege-und-grab-in-auggen--119899037.html "Wiege und Grab in Auggen"] by Dorothee Philipp, ''[[Badische Zeitung]]'', 24 March 2016 {{in lang|de}}</ref> He studied piano, flute, and directing at the conservatory in [[Braunschweig]] and set design at the academy in [[Munich]]. After starting out as set and costume designer in [[Landshut]] and [[Wuppertal Opera|Wuppertal]], and directing his first play in [[Darmstadt]], he directed his first opera, [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]'s ''[[Belshazzar (Handel)|Belshazzar]]'', in 1978 in Darmstadt. The majority of Wernicke's artistic work was at the theater in [[Basel]], where he lived since 1990.
'''Herbert Wernicke''' (24 March 1946 – 16 April 2002) was a German [[opera]] director and a [[scenic design|set]] and [[costume designer]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/apr/20/guardianobituaries.tomsutcliffe "Herbert Wernicke" (obituary)] by [[Tom Sutcliffe (opera critic)|Tom Sutcliffe]], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 20 April 2002</ref> He was born in [[Auggen]], [[Baden-Württemberg]].<ref>[http://www.badische-zeitung.de/auggen/wiege-und-grab-in-auggen--119899037.html "Wiege und Grab in Auggen"] by Dorothee Philipp, ''[[Badische Zeitung]]'', 24 March 2016 {{in lang|de}}</ref> He studied piano, flute, and directing at the conservatory in [[Braunschweig]] and set design at the academy in [[Munich]]. After starting out as set and costume designer in [[Landshut]] and [[Wuppertal Opera|Wuppertal]], and directing his first play in [[Darmstadt]], he directed his first opera, [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]'s ''[[Belshazzar (Handel)|Belshazzar]]'', in 1978 in Darmstadt. The majority of Wernicke's artistic work was at the theater in [[Basel]], where he lived since 1990.


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==Productions (selection)==
==Productions (selection)==
* ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' (1985, Darmstadt)
* ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' (1985, Darmstadt)
[[File:Die Prophezeihung des Goldenen Zeitalters 1984.jpg|thumb|Die Prophezeihung des Goldenen Zeitalters (1984)]]
* ''Die Prophezeihung des Goldenen Zeitalters und der Schrecken der Hölle'' (Florentiner Intermedien) (1984, [[Staatstheater Kassel]])
[[File:O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort 1987.jpg|thumb|O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (1987)]]
* ''Barock Trilogie'' (''Phaéton'' / ''O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'' (1985–1989, [[Staatstheater Kassel]])
* ''[[Judas Maccabaeus (Handel)|Judas Maccabaeus]]'' ([[Bavarian State Opera]])
* ''[[Judas Maccabaeus (Handel)|Judas Maccabaeus]]'' ([[Bavarian State Opera]])
* ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]'' (Bavarian State Opera)
* ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]'' (Bavarian State Opera)

Latest revision as of 12:15, 12 August 2022

Herbert Wernicke (1987)

Herbert Wernicke (24 March 1946 – 16 April 2002) was a German opera director and a set and costume designer.[1] He was born in Auggen, Baden-Württemberg.[2] He studied piano, flute, and directing at the conservatory in Braunschweig and set design at the academy in Munich. After starting out as set and costume designer in Landshut and Wuppertal, and directing his first play in Darmstadt, he directed his first opera, Handel's Belshazzar, in 1978 in Darmstadt. The majority of Wernicke's artistic work was at the theater in Basel, where he lived since 1990.

On 16 April 2002 Wernicke died unexpectedly at age 56 after a short, serious illness in the hospital in Basel.[3] On 5 May 2002 Theater Basel premiered Israel in Egypt in the fragmentary form left by Wernicke at his death. He was buried in a cemetery in Auggen, his birth city.

Productions (selection)

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Die Prophezeihung des Goldenen Zeitalters (1984)
  • Die Prophezeihung des Goldenen Zeitalters und der Schrecken der Hölle (Florentiner Intermedien) (1984, Staatstheater Kassel)
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (1987)

References

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  1. ^ "Herbert Wernicke" (obituary) by Tom Sutcliffe, The Guardian, 20 April 2002
  2. ^ "Wiege und Grab in Auggen" by Dorothee Philipp, Badische Zeitung, 24 March 2016 (in German)
  3. ^ "Herbert Wernicke, 56, Director And Designer of the Opera" by Anne Midgette, The New York Times, 25 April 2002
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