Kick-Off production by Prof Ansgar Weigner (scenic design)

Director Prof. Ansgar Weigner studied musicology, art history and German language and literature at the University of Bonn. In his master's thesis, he focussed on the leitmotif technique in Richard Strauss' opera "Die Frau ohne Schatten"(English: The Woman without a shadow). During his studies, he gained directing experience through internships and assistantships at renowned opera houses, including the Saxon State Opera and the German Opera on the Rhine. After graduating, he worked as an assistant director at the Hessian State Theatre Wiesbaden and began his successful freelance career in 2007/08. Since the winter semester 2024/25, he has held the professorship for Scenic Design at the HfK Bremen.

Prof. Weigner: "After nearly 20 years of working as a freelance director for musical theater, I am very much looking forward to my new role at the University of the Arts Bremen. What I am particularly passionate about is conveying psychological processes and their physical expression, which singing performers must master on stage in their professional lives. Only when vocal technique and stage interpretation are harmoniously combined can a cohesive scenic impression be created."

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Opera project with works by Paul Hindemith and Giacomo Puccini from 17-20 July at 19:30 in the gallery of the HfK Bremen.

Programme

‘There and back op. 45 a’, sketch with music, composer Paul Hindemith, librettist Marcellus Schiffer
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Giacomo Puccini, GIANNI SCHICCHI, opera in one act, libretto by Giovacchino Forzano

Performers

Singing students and chamber orchestra of the HfK Bremen

Director: Prof Ansgar Weigner
Musical director: Mariano Chiacchiarini
Stage and costumes: Heike Neugebauer
Piano and musical rehearsals: Suwon Kim, Mikhail Berlin
Technical director: Michael Hinrichs & Max Geßelmann-Michaelis

Introduction by Prof Dr Florian Edler

Admission is free (please note that places are limited)

With the kind support of the Freundeskreis der Hochschule für Künste