Person
Achim Freyer
Directing · Berlin
Biography
Achim Freyer is a German stage director, set designer and painter. A protégé of Bertolt Brecht, Freyer has become one of the world’s leading opera directors, working throughout Europe and, since 2002, in the United States, principally with the Los Angeles Opera. Since 1992, Freyer has developed a number of productions featuring his own troupe of performers, known as the Freyer Ensemble.
Known for
Der Freischütz
Director
La Cenerentola
Stage Director
Das Rheingold
Stage Director
A Flea in the Ear
Writer
Philip Glass: Satyagraha
Set Designer
Heinrich der Verhinderte
Production Design
Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland
Stage Director
Metamorphosen
Director
Don Giovanni. Teatro La Fenice
Director
A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera
Himself
Filmography
- 2023La CenerentolaStage Director
- 2015Das RheingoldStage Director
- 2008Unsuk Chin: Alice in WonderlandStage Director
- 1996Don Giovanni. Teatro La FeniceDirector
- 1992MetamorphosenDirector
- 1986A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an OperaHimself
- 1983Philip Glass: SatyagrahaSet Designer
- 1981Der FreischützDirector
- 1970A Flea in the EarWriter
- 1966Heinrich der VerhinderteProduction Design
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