Alfred Kirchner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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German actor, theatre director, opera director and theatre manager
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Place of Birth: Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Alfred Kirchner
- Alfred Kirchner (born 22 May 1937) is a German actor, theatre director (especially for opera) and theatre manager who is based in Berlin.
- He worked at theatres such as Theater Bremen, Schauspielhaus Bochum, the Burgtheater in Vienna and the Staatliche Schauspielbühnen Berlin, before turning to freelance work.
- He has staged productions in Europe and North America, including several world premieres of both drama and opera.
- He directed the premiere of Martin Walser's Ein Kinderspiel in Stuttgart in 1971, the U.S.
- premiere of Henze's We Come to the River at the Santa Fe Opera in 1984, and the premiere of Hans Zender's Stephen Climax at the Oper Frankfurt in 1986.
- In 1994, he staged Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival.
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