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.

Hermann Wedekind, Ausdrucksstudien 1958, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Fotograf: Willy Pragher

Vita

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Theatre Saarbrücken

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)

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Honors

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Literature

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  • Wedekind, Hermann; Garber, Hein; Gvenetadze, Tamaz (1997). Hermann Wedekind erzählt sein Leben (in German). Blieskastel: Gollenstein. ISBN 3-930008-68-8. OCLC 42211952.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Wedekind Hermann". Saarland Biografien (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Herrmann Wedekind". Saarländische Gesellschaft für Kulturpolitik e.V. (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Thomas Blubacher (2005). "Hermann Wedekind". In Andreas Kotte (ed.). Theaterlexikon der Schweiz / Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse / Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero / Lexicon da teater svizzer [Theater Dictionary of Switzerland] (in German). Vol. 3. Zürich: Chronos. p. 2057. ISBN 978-3-0340-0715-3. LCCN 2007423414. OCLC 62309181. tls.theaterwissenschaft.ch/wiki/Hermann_Wedekind
  4. ^ "Hermann Wedekind". Biografie WHO'S WHO (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Hermann Wedekind – Literaturland Saar". Literaturland Saar (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Ambtsblatt des Saarlandes" (PDF). 1986.
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