1993Winner
Best Director
Tristan und Isolde
Götz Friedrich
Actor · Director
Berlin, Germany
August 4, 1930
Biography
Götz Friedrich was a German opera and theatre director. He was a student and assistant of Walter Felsenstein at the Komische Oper Berlin in Berlin, where he went on to direct his early productions. He first came to international prominence with a controversial 1972 production of Wagner's Tannhäuser at Bayreuth.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1978Winner
Best Performance
Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle
1979Nominee
Best Director
Falstaff
Career Highlights
1962Highlight
Best Director
Little Red Riding Hood
1983Highlight
Best Director
Manon Lescaut
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Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle
Little Red Riding Hood