1975 » Austria » Stage and costume design

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The participation of Austria in the Third Prague Quadrennial only became certain at the last moment, i.e. mid-November 1975. The three workers concerned had a bare fourteen days to collect the exhibits and prepare the catalogue. An attempt was made in the section for stage and costume design to lay special emphasis on the theatres in the Austrian provinces, and to give as much space as possible to those artists who are taking part for the first time in the Prague Quadrennial. The schools for stage and costume design have been documented on the one hand through the work of the students /Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Graz, Academy of Applied Art Vienna/ and on the other through a presentation of the methods of teaching /Academy of Music and Dramatic Art "Mozarteum" Salzburg, Academy of Applied Art Vienna/. The field of architecture is represented by the already completed Theater im Künstlerhaus /Vienna/ and the projected Festival and Congress House in Bregenz, on which work is about to begin.

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Ingeborg Fiedler (Inge Fiedler)

Additional information: Born 1921 in Vienna. Stage and costume designer, graphic artist. Graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Vienna in 1943. After her studies she has worked as stage designer for various Viennese theatres and for films. Since 1954 she is permanently engaged by the Theatre of the Josefstadt and its three companies where she designs mainly the décor for dramas.
• Heinz Köttel

Additional information: Born in 1926 in Schopfheim in Baden. He studied at various South German art schools, where he acquired an education as a stage designer, graphic artist and painter. During the years 1948-57 he was a stage designer in Ulm. As guest designer he has worked in Baden-Baden, Braunschweig, Esslingen, Graz, Salzburg, Vienna, Regensburg and Stuttgart. Since 1957 he is the chief stage designer at the Landestheater in Linz. Since 1967 he is a professor in the history of art at the Anton Bruckner Conservatory of Upper Austria.

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Exhibiting works

• Maxim Gorkij: (The Lower Depths), Landestheater Linz 1972, Director: Uwe berend,
  

  
  
  
• Jaques Offenbach: (The Tales of Hoffman), Landestheater Linz 1973, Director: Alfred Schönolt,
  

  
  
  
• A. Honegger: (Joan of Arc at the Stake), Landestheater Linz 1974, Director: Alfred Stögmüller,
  

  
  
  
• : (Faust), Landestheater 1975
• Epi Schlüsselberger

Additional information: Born in 1928 in Vienna; she has studied at the Academy of Industrial Art in Vienna, at the Academy of Applied Art in Vienna, at the London School of Arts and Crafts, at the Paris Academy of Applied Arts and painting with André Lhote. She is active as a painter and graphic artist. At present she works predominantly as a costume designer for the Volkstheater in Vienna, the Schauspielhaus in Zurich and for television. She has participated in the Biennials in Venice and Sao Paulo.

Exhibiting works

• George Bernard Shaw: (The Devil's Disciple), Volkstheater Wien 1972, Director: Rudolf Kautek,
• Wolfram Skalicki

Additional information: Born 1925 in Vienna. Doctor of philosophy, stage and costume designer, graduate of the Academy of Art (1948) and of stage science and history of art at the Vienna University. In 1950-1954 he worked as art director of the Klagenfurt Municipal Theatre, later for the municipal theatre of Gratz.Since 1962 he collaborates with theatres in San Francisco, Köln,Genova and Athens. He teaches stage design and stage technique at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gratz and is a guest lecturer at the University of California in Camp Davis. His musicality, which is expressed in his colourful stage, predestines his work mainly for operas.

Exhibiting works

• : (Il trovatore), Städtische Bühnen 1975, Director: Michael Temme,
• : (Macbeth), Bühnen der Stadt Essen Opernhaus 1973, Director: Paul Hager,
  
  
  
• Maxi Tschunko

Additional information: Born in 1924 in Vienna. She studied at the Arts and Crafts School in Vienna under prof.Wimmer and at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna under prof. Pirchan. After graduation she became a costume designer for the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. Since 1948 she is at the Volkstheater in Vienna.

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Exhibiting works

• : (The Peasant as Millionair), Volkstheater Wien 1973
• : (In Vain), Volkstheater Wien 1973
• Hill Reihs-Gromes

Additional information: Born in 1910 in Cracow; he studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna under Berthold Löffler. He began his career as an assistant to Alfred Kunz. He made his debut in films, among others also in Late Love with Paula Wessely. His first work for the theatre was for the production of Vagabunden in the Theater in der Joeefstadt in Vienna. He often collaborates with Otto Schenk. He has designed costumes for productions in Vienna for the Volksoper, the Burgtheater, the Akademietheater, the Theater am der Wien, as well as for the Salzburg festival, for theatres in Munich, Zurich, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Paris where he collaborated on Moses and Aaron at the Grand Opera in 1973.

Exhibiting works

• Friedrich Schiller: (Don Carlos), Burgtheater Wien 1972, Director: Otto Schenk,
• Knut Joachim Hetzer

Additional information: Born in 1942 in Berlin. He graduated from secondary school in 1963, is a self-taught stage designer. During the 1965-66 season he was a stage and costume designer at the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt am Main. In 1969 he became the chief stage designer in the Municipal Theatre in Cuxhaven, in the 1969-70 season he was a guest designer at Gottingen and at the Westfalische Kammerspiele in Paderborn. In the 1970-71 season he was chief stage designer at the Wurttembergische Landesbühne in Esslingen and since 1974 he is the chief stage designer at the Landestheater in Salzburg.
• Hannes Rader

Additional information: Bona in 1940 in Linz, where he graduated from the School of Applied Arts: later he studied under Caspar Neher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He made his debut as a stage and costume designer at Salzburg, later he was at Hildesheim and in Linz. Between 1968 and 1972 he was the chief stage designer at Freiburg/Breisgau and since 1972 he is the chief stage designer at Klagenfurt. As guest designer he has collaborated with theatres in Cagliari /The designs for Siegfried/, at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples /the sets for Lohengrin/ and at the Theater an der Wien, where he designed the production of Ulysses for the Vienna Festival. In 1972 he participated in the exhibition Theatre Work 1962-1972 held in Freiburg/Breisgau.

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Exhibiting works

• S. O'Casey: (The Shadow of a Gunman), Stadttheater 1973, Director: Tomas Ferkay,
• P. Turrini: (Murder of a Child), Stadttheater 1973, Director: Helmut Polixa,
• : (Right You Are, if You Think So), Stadttheater 1973
• Giuseppe Verdi: (Il trovatore), Stadttheater 1974, Director: Viktor Pollitt,
  

  
  
  
• O.Nedbal: (Polish Blood), Stadttheater 1974, Director: Wolfgang Siesz,
  

  

  
  
  
• : (The Beggar Student), Stadttheater 1974
• Leo BEI

Additional information: Born in 1918 in Vienna, he graduated from law school, is a self-taught costume designer. Since 1946 he has designed costumes for numerous Austrian films, such as Cordula /directed by Gustav Ucicki/,The White Stallions /directed by Arthur Hiller/. In 1961 he became an assistant in the costume department of the State Opera in Vienna. In 1963 he became the chief costume designer in the State Opera and since 1973 the chief costume designer and head of the wardrobe department of the Austrian Federal Theatres /The State Opera, the Volksoper, the Burgtheater, the Akademietheater/. Besides the designs shown at the present exhibition, the following also deserve to be mentioned: Fidelio at the Theater an der Wien - State Opera in 1970, directed by Otto Schenk,conducted by Leonard Bernstein.The Caucasian Chalk Circle at the Burgtheater in 1970 directed by Gerhard Klingenberg, The Visit of the Old Lady at the world premiere in the State Opera in 1971, directed by Otto Schenk, conducted by Horst Stein, The Marriage of Figaro at the La Scala in Milan in 1974, directed by Otto Schenk, conducted by Claudio Abbado.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Uncle Vanya), Akademietheater Wien 1972
• : (The Exiles), Akademietheater Wien 1974
• C. Zeller: (The Bird Seller), Volksoper Wien 1974, Director: Robert Herzl,
• G. Hauptmann: (The Red Cockerel), Burgtheater Wien 1974, Director: Achim Bennina,
• : (Intrigue and Love), Akademietheater Wien 1975
• : (Ghosts), Akademietheater Wien 1975
• J. Strauss: (A Night in Venice), Volksoper Wien 1975, Director: Robert Herzl,
• Giuseppe Verdi: (Luisa Müller), Staatsoper Wien 1974, Director: Paul Emile Deiber,
• Pantelis DESSYLLAS

Additional information: Born in 1936 in Pireu, in Greece. After graduation from secondary school he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Athens and later at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna. He graduated in 1959 as a theatre and film designer. He made his debut in television /ZDF/ and in films, in Bavaria. In 1965 he became an assistant stage designer at the State Opera in Vienna and since 1971 he is the head of the workshops of the Austrian Federal Theatres /The Burgtheater, Akademietheater, the State Opera, the Volksoper/. He has designed stage sets for the State Opera, the Volksoper, the Teatro Communale in Florence and the Theater an der Wien.

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Exhibiting works

• G. Ligeti: (Per aspera), Staatsoper Wien 1973, Director: Aurel von Milloss,
  

  
  
  
• Sergei Prokofiev: (The Prodigal Son), Staatsoper Wien 1974, Director: Aurel von Milloss,
  
  
  
• Igor Stravinsky: (Orpheus), Staatsoper Wien 1974, Director: Aurel von Milloss,
  

  
  
  
• F. Cerha: (Fantastic Landscape), Staatsoper Wien 1974, Director: Aurel von Milloss,
  
  
  
• Matthias KRALJ

Additional information: Born in 1933; he studied in Vienna, under Emil Pirchan. After working as an assistant for one year and after making his debut in Vienna avant-guarde theatres, he worked for five years, since 1959, at the theatre in Lübeck, where he specialized in designing for ballet productions, while continuing to design opera productions and other genres. After a year at Mannheim and four years in Braunschweign he chose Klagenfurt as his permanent residence. He is a frequent guest designer for theatres in Vienna, Salzburg and in Greece.

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Exhibiting works

• E. Wolf-Ferrari: (I quattro rusteghi), Volksoper Wien 1972, Director: Herbert Wochinz,
• Peter MÜHLER

Additional information: Born in 1925 in Dresden, where he also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts under prof. Adolf Malmke. He made his debut at the Municipal Theatre in Braunau, where he returned after the war, in 1947. Since the autumn 1948 he is a stage and costume designer of the Tirolyan Landestheater in Innsbruck. During this time he has also collaborated with the Exl-Bühne. During the reconstruction of the so-called Grosses Haus in Innsbruck he served as a consultant. Since 1967 he is the chief stage designer of both theatres of the Tirolyan Landestheater. As guest designer he has often collaborated with theatres in West Berlin, with Italian television and the preparation of open-air productions.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Münchhausen), Tiroler Landestheater 1975
• : (Citizen Schippel), Tiroler Landestheater 1975
• Gottfried Piltz

Specialization: set designer, costume designer
Additional information: Born in 1944 in Salzburg. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Caspar Neher, Herbert Boeckl and Fritz Wotruba. Between 1965 and 1969 he was an assistant stage designer at the State Opera in Vienna. Between 1969 and 1971 he collaborated with Filippo Sanjust. As guest designer he has collaborated with theatres in Amsterdam, West Berlin /at the Deutsche Oper and the Schlossparktheater/, with the festivals in Schwetzingen and Edinburgh, for theatres in Vienna, Luzern and Augsburg. For 1976 he plans to work in Augsburg, Baden-Baden, Klagenfurt and Darmstadt. He has participated in collective exhibitions, among others in Vienna and in West Berlin. He has held one-man shows in Vienna and Friedberg /Frankfurt/. He is also the author of numerous illustrations for children's books.

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Exhibiting works

• V. Fioravanti: (Le Cantatrici villane), Deutsche Oper im Schloss Charlottenburg Orangerie 1972, Director: Nikolaus Sulzberger,
  

  
  
  
• : (Pivoda, the Water Sprite), Renaissancetheater 1974
• : (Beautiful Helen), Städtische Bühnen 1975
• : (The Merry Widow), Städtische Bühnen 1975
• Richard Wagner: (Lohengrin), Nederlandse Operastichting 1972, Director: Filippo Sanjust,
• Ch. marowitz: (Macbeth), Macduff Theater 1974, Director: Edwin Zbonek,
  
  
  
• Peter RIEDER

Additional information: Born in 1949 in Salzburg; he studied at the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg under prof. Heinz Bruno Galée. During the 1970-71 season he was an assistant stage designer at the theatre in Trier in the Federal Republic of Germany. Later he collaborated with the Sommertheater in Winterthur and designed the stage sets for two productions at the Komodie in Kassel. Since the autumn of 1973 he is the stage designer at the Landestheater in Innsbruck.

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Exhibiting works

• : (The Just Assasins), Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck Kammerspiele 1974
• Burgi RICHTER

Additional information: Born in 1945; she studied at the Mozarteum Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Salzburg and later became a teaching assistant of costume design and the history of costumes at that same school. Since 1974 she is a stage and costume designer at the Landestheater in Salzburg.

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• Alice Maria SCHLESINGER

Additional information: Born in 1923 in Vienna. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under prof. Pirchan, and graduated there in 1948. She made her debut in Viennese avant-guarde theatres and at the Studio der Hochschulen. Between 1950 and 1955 she was at the State Theatre in Dortmund and since 1955 she is at the Vienna Volksoper. She has collaborated as a designer with films and with television and with the Vienna Chamber Opera. Among others she has designed the costumes for the musicals Kiss Me, Kate, The Land of Smiles, Grafin Maritza, Czardasfurstin, numerous ballets and for productions of Shwanda the Bagpipe Player, Evangelimann and La Périchole, all at the Vienna Volksoper.

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Exhibiting works

• M. Rubin: (Clothes Make the Man), Volksoper Wien 1973, Director: Wolfgang Weber,
• O. Strauss: (A Waltz Dream), Volksoper Wien 1974, Director: Robert Herzl,
• R. Stolz: (Two Hearts in Three-Fourtime), Volksoper Wien 1975, Director: Karl Dönch,
• Georg SCHMIDT

Additional information: Born in 1928 in Vienna; he studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna and since then is active as a graphic artist and stage designer. His graphic work has received international acclaim and is in a number of European and American galleries. As a stage designer he has worked mostly for the Volsktheater in Vienna, for the Schauspielhaus in Zürich and for television. He has participated in the Biennials in Sao Paulo and Venice. He is the president of the Austrian section of the Alliance graphique internationale. His sets for P. Weiss' Holderlin received the Kainz Medal in 1973.

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Exhibiting works

• P. Weiss: (Hörderlin), Volkstheater Wien 1973, Director: Rudolf Kautek,
  

  
  
  
• Amrei SKALICKI

Additional information: Born in 1935 in Graz, where he graduated from the Technical University as an architect. He is a costume designer and a professor at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz. As a costume designer he has collaborated with theatres in Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Essen, Dortmund,Krefeld, Geneva, Marseille,Teheran, as well as with the Graz Opera and with the ORTF Paris.

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Exhibiting works

• : (Macbeth), Bühnen der Stadt Essen Opernhaus 1973, Director: Paul Hager,
• Monika ZALLINGER

Additional information: Born in 1940 in Munich. After graduation from the Academy of Graphic Arts she became an assistant to prof. Helmut Jürgens at the State Opera in Munich and later made her debut in Brunswick, where she was for two years. She has collaborated with a number of theatres abroad, i.e. in Athens, Venice, Trieste, Hamburg, Stuttgart /where she designed the Merry Wives of Windsor/ and Zürich. She has also collaborated with the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna, where her recent designs for Tango were so successful, that she was asked to join the staff of the theatre. She continues to collaborate with theatres abroad.

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Exhibiting works

• H. von Hofmannsthal: (The Difficult Man), Theater in der Josefstadt 1974, Director: Ernst Haeusserman,
• F. Flotow: (The Merry Wives of Windsor), 1975