Heinz Tietjen
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Heinz Tietjen (24 June 1881 – 30 November 1967) was a German conductor and music producer born in Tangier, Morocco.
Biography[]
Tietjen was born in Tangier, Morocco.[1] At age twenty-three, he held the position of producer at the Opera House in Trier and was appointed its director in 1907, holding the dual roles until 1922.[1] Simultaneously, he was the director at Saarbrücken and Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) from 1919 to 1922.[1]
Tietjen was the director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin between 1925 and 1927, then director of the Prussian State Theatre.[1] Among his productions at this time was the Berlin premiere of Hans Gál's 1923 opera, Die heilige Ente.[2] From 1931 to 1944, Tietjen served as artistic director at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus for Winifred Wagner with whom he had a romantic liaison.[1][3]
In 1948 he returned to direct the Deutsche Oper Berlin, serving until 1955 when he was appointed manager and artistic director of the new Hamburg State Opera, a job he held until 1959.[1]
Heinz Tietjen died in 1967 in Baden-Baden.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Krone-Balcke, Ulrike. "Tietjen, Heinz". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ Haas, Michael (2013). Forbidden Music: The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis. Yale University Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-300-15431-3. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Heinz Tietjen, Aufführungsdatenbank". Bayreuther Festspiele (in German). 16 January 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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