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
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)
- 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
- 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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- 1910 births
- 1998 deaths
- People from Coesfeld
- German theatre directors
- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Members of the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Recipients of the Saarland Order of Merit
- Westphalia culture