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Christiane Lutz

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Christiane Lutz
Lutz in 2019
Born1980
Mainz, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationDirector
Years active2005–present

Christiane Lutz (born 1980 in Mainz) is a German opera director.

Biography

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Lutz lives in Vienna, where she began studying theatre studies, art history, musicology und business administration, and then continued to study stage direction at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

She gathered her first experiences in stage directing with Peter Konwitschny and Achim Freyer. Christiane Lutz was employed as an opera director at the Theater Lübeck and after that at the Opernhaus Graz, where she directed Alcina by Georg Friedrich Händel amongst other pieces. From 2009 to 2011, Lutz was assistant director to Michael Sturminger on the international tour of The Infernal Comedy – Confessions of a Serial Killer and The Giacomo Variations starring John Malkovich in the title role. She started working closely with opera director Claus Guth in 2011. From 2012 to 2014 Christiane Lutz coordinated the children's opera tent of the Wiener Staatsoper, where she directed the premiere of the piece Das Städtchen Drumherum, written by the Austrian composer Elisabeth Naske.

Her current productions include Reigen at the Opéra National de Paris, Wozzeck at the Staatstheater Cottbus, La traviata at the Operklosterneuburg and Manon at the Salzburger Landestheater.

Lutz is married to the tenor Jonas Kaufmann.[1] They have one child together.[2]

Productions

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Opera Venue Premiere
Manon Salzburger Landestheater 2018
La traviata Operklosterneuburg 2018
Wozzeck Staatstheater Cottbus 2017
Reigen Opéra National de Paris 2017
The Rake's Progress Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz 2017
The Consul Bayerische Staatsoper 2017
Hänsel und Gretel Wiener Kammeroper 2016
Der Kaiser von Atlantis Semperoper Dresden 2016
Die Schneekönigin Schloss Eisenstadt 2015
Pictures at an Exhibition Philharmonie Luxembourg 2015
Rinaldo Wiener Kammeroper 2014
Ein Wintermärchen Philharmonie Luxembourg 2014
A Midsummer Night's Dream Philharmonie Luxembourg 2014
Der Junge und das Meer MuTh 2013
Das Städtchen Drumherum children's opera tent of the Wiener Staatsoper 2013
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg youth opera camp Salzburger Festspiele 2013
Der Tierkreis Wiener Konzerthaus 2012
Erwin, das Naturtalent Staatstheater Augsburg 2011
Das ist doch der Gipfel Opernhaus Graz + Wiener Konzerthaus 2011
Aida Staatstheater Augsburg 2010
Hexe Hillary geht in die Oper Staatstheater Augsburg 2010
Opern der Zukunft Opernhaus Graz 2009
Nabucco Opernhaus Graz 2009
Alcina Opernhaus Graz 2007
Die schöne Galathée Kammeroper Schloss Reinsberg 2006
Ariodante University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna 2005

Awards and stipends

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Lutz received scholarships from the Bayreuther Festspiele and the Salzburger Festspiele. She was a finalist at the Ring award in 2014.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Jonas Kaufmann krönt seine Liebe: Hochzeit!". Abendzeitung (in German). 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Jonas Kaufmann: Das Baby mit seiner Frau ist da!". Abendzeitung (in German). 23 March 2019.
  3. ^ "RING-AWARD-14-Finale-Gewinner" (PDF). Ring Award (in German). 1 June 2014.