Lotte de Beer

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Lotte de Beer (born 11 August 1981 [1] ) is a Dutch opera director.

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Raised in Mheer in the Zuid-Limburg region of Limburg, de Beer studied singing and piano in her youth. [2] She subsequently developed an interest in acting, and studied acting at the Toneelschool Maastricht . She subsequently studied directing at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, from which she graduated in 2009. [3] She was a prizewinner in the Ton Lutz Awards in 2009 for grooste regietalent (greatest directing talent), [3] for her production of Hauptling Abendwind / Vent du Soir. Her mentors have included Peter Konwitschny [4] and Pierre Audi. [3]

In 2010, de Beer founded Operafront, an opera company based in Amsterdam focused on small-scale and experimental productions of opera, [3] and became its first artistic director. [4] Her work with contemporary opera has included directing the premiere productions of the new operas Waiting for Miss Monroe [5] and The New Prince, [6] both for Dutch National Opera.

Outside of The Netherlands, de Beer directed the Bavarian State Opera's first full staging of Puccini's Il Trittico, in Italian, in December 2017. [7] She has directed productions at the Bregenz Festival, the Aalto-Musiktheater (Essen), the Theater an der Wien, [2] the Münchener Biennale and Oper Leipzig. [3] In October 2020, the Vienna Volksoper announced the appointment of de Beer as its next artistic director, the first woman ever named to the post, [8] [9] effective 1 September 2022, with an initial contract of 5 years. [10]

In 2015, de Beer was a prize winner in the Newcomer category of the International Opera Awards in London. [11]

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  1. ↑ "Niederländerin Lotte de Beer übernimmt 2022 die Wiener Volksoper". Tiroler Tageszeitung. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  2. 1 2 Jochen Rietjens (2020-10-06). "Maastrichtse wordt artistiek directeur Weense Volksopera". 1Limburg. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Erik Voermans (2016-08-11). "Operaregisseur Lotte de Beer: 'Ik wil opera van deze tijd maken'". Het Parool. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  4. 1 2 Nina Siegal (2014-08-28). "Breaking the Rules of Opera for a New Generation". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  5. ↑ George Loomis (2012-06-12). "A Dutch Take on a Cultural Icon". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  6. ↑ Nina Siegal (2017-04-15). "A Machiavellian Opera for Trump-Era Issues of Truth and Lies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  7. ↑ Mordechai Aranowicz (2017-12-20). "de Beer oogst lof met Münchner Trittico". Opera Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  8. ↑ "Lotte de Beer wird neue Direktorin der Wiener Volksoper". Die Presse. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  9. ↑ Christoph Irrgeher (2020-10-06). "Lotte de Beer wird Direktorin der Wiener Volksoper". Wiener Zeitung. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  10. ↑ "Lotte de Beer wird neue Volksopern-Direktorin" (Press release). Volksoper Wien. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  11. ↑ "Lotte de Beer wird Volksoperndirektorin". ORF. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
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