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Swiss theatre and film director (1948–2015)
Luc Bondy
Born (1948-07-17 ) 17 July 1948Died 28 November 2015(2015-11-28) (aged 67) Nationality Swiss Occupation(s) Theatre and film director, screenwriter Years active 1970–2015
Bondy in 2013
Luc Bondy (17 July 1948 – 28 November 2015) was a Swiss theatre and film director.
Life and career
Charlotte Salomon at the
Salzburg Festival 2014
Trained in Paris with the theatre teacher
Jacques Lecoq , he received a job in 1969 as an assistant at the
Hamburg
Thalia Theatre .
[4] In a surprise, he took over in 1985 after the resignation of
Peter Stein at the
Schaubühne in Berlin. He also worked as a producer of both plays and operas at the
Salzburg Festival , and in 1985 as a director at the
Vienna Festival .
He was the director of the most recent version of
Tosca , by
Puccini , at the
Metropolitan Opera in New York. Both the opera, as well as the director, were greeted by loud boos on opening night, 21 September 2009.
[5] The reception was generally negative.
[6]
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[8]
James Levine , the music director at the Metropolitan Opera likened the production to a 'Hitchcock movie' and the cultural critic for the
New York Times , Charles McGrath, felt that the new production was a part of Gelb's mission to transform the Met by emphasizing theatricality.
[9]
In an interview after the premiere of
Marc-André Dalbavie 's opera
Charlotte Salomon , Bondy was asked whether his being Jewish had anything to do with his having directed the production. "So I said to her this is a production about a Jewish artist...the subject is the story of Charlotte Salomon" said Bondy, who then walked out on the interviewer.
[10]
He died on 28 November 2015 in Zurich.
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Direction
Source:
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Stage productions
1971 : Der Narr und die Nonne (The Fool and the Nun) by
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz at
Göttingen
[12]
1973 : Die See (The Sea) by
Edward Bond at the
Munich
Residenztheater
1974 : Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (Faith, Love, Hope) by
Ödön von Horvath at
Hamburg
1977 : Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe by
Alfred de Musset at the
Schaubühne , Berlin
1980 : Happy Days by
Samuel Beckett at Cologne
1980 : Yvonne, die Burgunderprinzessin (Yvonne, the Princess of Burgundy) by
Witold Gombrowicz at
Cologne
1982 :
Macbeth by
William Shakespeare at Cologne
1983 : Sommer (Summer) by Edward Bond at Munich
1984 : Das weite Land (The Far Country) by
Arthur Schnitzler at the
Théâtre des Amandiers in
Nanterre
1985 : Triumph der Liebe (The Triumph of Love) by
Marivaux
1989 :
Le conte d'hiver by
Shakespeare , at
Nanterre-Amandier
1989 : Die Zeit und das Zimmer (The Time and the Room) by
Botho Strauß , at Berlin (premiere)
1990 :
The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare, at the
Lehniner Palace
1992 : Schlußchor by Botho Strauß at Berlin (premiere)
1993 :
John Gabriel Borkman by
Henrik Ibsen at the
Théâtre de l'Odéon ,
Paris
1993 : Das Gleichgewicht (The Equilibrium) by Botho Strauß, at the
Salzburg Festival (premiere)
1994 : Die Stunde da wir nichts voneinander wußten by
Peter Handke
1999 :
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, at the Vienna Festival
2000 :
Drei Mal Leben by
Yasmina Reza , at the
Burgtheater in Vienna (premiere)
2002 : Anatol by
Arthur Schnitzler , at the Burgtheater in Vienna
2004 : Cruel & Tender by
Martin Crimp , at
Young Vic , London (premiere)
2005 : Die eine und die andere by Botho Strauß, at Berlin
2005 : Viol by Botho Strauß, after
Titus Andronicus , at Odéon, Atelier Berthier, Paris
2010 : Sweet Nothings by
David Harrower from
Arthur Schnitzler 's Liebelei at
Young Vic , London (premiere)
Opera productions
1986:
Così fan tutte by
Mozart (conducted by
Sylvain Cambreling ), at
Amandier ,
La Monnaie ,
Wiener Festwochen
1989:
L'incoronazione di Poppea by
Monteverdi , revised
Philippe Boesmans , at
Amandier ,
La Monnaie
1990/1:
Don Giovanni by Mozart (conducted by
Claudio Abbado , starring
Ruggero Raimondi ), at
Wiener Festwochen
1992:
Salome by
Richard Strauss (conducted by
Christoph von Dohnányi , starring
Catherine Malfitano and
Anja Silja ), at the Salzburg Festival,
Royal Opera House
1993:
Reigen by
Philippe Boesmans (libretto by Luc Bondy, after "
La ronde " by Schnitzler) at
La Monnaie
1995:
Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart (conducted by
Nikolaus Harnoncourt ), at the Salzburg Festival
1996:
Don Carlos by
Giuseppe Verdi (conducted by
Antonio Pappano , starring
Roberto Alagna ,
José van Dam ,
Karita Mattila ), at
Châtelet ,
Royal Opera House ,
Opéra de Lyon ,
Edinburgh Festival
1999:
Wintermärchen by
Philippe Boesmans (libretto by Luc Bondy, after
The Winter's Tale by
Shakespeare ), at
La Monnaie
2000:
Macbeth by
Giuseppe Verdi (conducted
Richard Armstrong ), at
Wiener Festwochen , Scottish Opera
2001:
The Turn of the Screw by
Benjamin Britten (conducted by
Daniel Harding ), at
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (reprise 2005)
2003:
Hercules by
Handel (conducted by
William Christie with
Les Arts Florissants ) at
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence ,
Opéra National de Paris ,
Wiener Festwochen ,
De Nederlandse Opera
2005:
Julie by
Philippe Boesmans (libretto by Luc Bondy, after
Miss Julie by
Strindberg ), at
La Monnaie ,
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
2005:
Idomeneo by
Mozart (conducted by
Daniel Harding ), at
Teatro alla Scala ,
Opéra National de Paris (2006)
2009:
Tosca by
Puccini (conducted by
James Levine ), at the
Metropolitan Opera ,
New York City (2009); seen later in Munich and Milan
2009: libretto for
Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne
2014:
Charlotte Salomon (conducted by
Marc-André Dalbavie ), at the
Salzburg Festival , 2014
Honors
References
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b Stadelmaier, Gerhard (29 November 2015).
"Zum Tod von Luc Bondy: Der Liebesspieler" .
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2021 .
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b Kedves, Alexandra (29 November 2015).
"Der Menschensüchtige" .
Tages-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2021 .
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b Heilig, Barbara Villiger (28 November 2015).
"Er fing das Leben auf der Bühne ein" .
Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2021 .
^ Riding, Alan (26 December 1994).
"The Drama Before Language Intervenes" . The New York Times . Retrieved 23 September 2009 .
^ Wakin, Daniel (22 September 2009).
"For Opening Night at the Metropolitan, a New Sound: Booing" . The New York Times . Retrieved 23 September 2009 .
^ York, Ed Pilkington in New (22 September 2009).
"Met's new production of Tosca greeted by a cacophony of boos" . the Guardian . Retrieved 30 November 2015 .
^ spécial,
Renaud Machart -New York Envoyé.
"L'exemplaire" . Le Monde.fr (in French).
ISSN
1950-6244 . Retrieved 30 November 2015 .
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"Opera review: New 'Tosca' opens Metropolitan Opera season" . LA Times Blogs – Culture Monster . 22 September 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2015 .
^ McGrath, Charles (27 September 2009).
"It's a New Met. Get Over It" . The New York Times . Retrieved 11 May 2010 .
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Michael Roddy, "Holocaust victim, artist Charlotte Salomon's life premieres as opera, Reuters (UK edition), July 29, 2014.
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"Bondy" . Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2021 .
^ Billington, Michael (4 December 2015).
"Luc Bondy obituary" . the Guardian . Retrieved 5 July 2021 .
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