Biography
August Everding (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈʔeːvɐdɪŋ]; 31 October 1928; Bottrop, Germany – 26 January 1999; Munich) was a German opera director and administrator.
He studied at the Universities of Bonn and Munich, where launching his career in the 1950s. He was a member of the Roman Catholic fraternity Katholischer Studentenverein Arminia Bonn. From 1968 onwards he worked as a director in Hamburg, before moving back to Munich in 1977 to become the General Intendant of the Bayerische Staatsoper. In the following years he also directed in Bayreuth, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Zurich Opera,
In 1988 the Prinzregententheater was renovated under his patronage and could be reopened as theatre and opera house. It also houses the Bavarian Theatre Academy.His productions were seen in all the major international houses: Vienna State Opera, Salzburg Festival. the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, La Scala, Milan, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Metropolitan Opera New York City, San Francisco Opera, Victoria State Opera, and Opera Australia.
In the 1980s and 1990s he interviewed a great many famous opera singers on German television, including Hans Hotter, Carlo Bergonzi, Otto Edelmann, Anja Silja, Astrid Varnay, Ingeborg Hallstein, Gundula Janowitz, Karl Ridderbusch, Birgit Nilsson, Irmgard Seefried, Martha Mödl, Gustav Neidlinger, Hans Hopf, Hans Sotin, Franz Crass and Josef Greindl. Many of these interviews can now be viewed on YouTube, in German.
Filmography
all 30
Movies 22
Director 15
self 11
TV Shows 8
Narrator 1
Köpfe in Bayern (2004)
Alpha Forum (1998)
A Whispering in the Mountain of Things (1997)
Ein Abend mit Peter Ustinov (1996)
Kleiner Mann ganz groß (1994)
Showgeschichten (1986)
Da Capo (1986)
Lohengrin (1986)
The Magic Flute (1983)
Hänsel und Gretel (1981)
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1980)
Heut' abend (1980)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
Als wär's ein Stück von mir (1976)
Derrick (1974)
Der Hausmeister (1973)
Der Prozeß gegen die neun von Catonsville (1972)
Der Selbstmörder (1971)
End of the Commune? (1970)
Der Rückfall (1969)
Das Attentat - L.D. Trotzki (1967)
Fritz Kortner spricht Monologe für eine Schallplatte (1966)
Der schwarze Freitag (1966)
Der Kardinal von Spanien (1965)
Alle meine Söhne (1965)
Alle Macht der Erde (1962)
Amphitryon (1961)
Lampenfieber (1960)
Die Rückseite des Mondes (1959)
Bambi Awards (1948)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1928-10-31
Deathday1999-01-26 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceBottrop, Germany
CitizenshipsGermany
AwardsBayerische Verfassungsmedaille, Bavarian Order of Merit, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Orden wider den tierischen Ernst, Order of Karl Valentin
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