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Johannes Schaaf (born 7 April 1933 in Stuttgart) is a German film, theatre and opera director and actor. Several of his films have been internationally recognized. His focus shifted to opera in the 1980s and he has worked at many of the leading international opera houses within Europe, as well as, by special invitation, some renowned opera houses in the United States and the eastern hemisphere. ==Biography== He initially studied medicine at the Universities of Tübingen and Berlin, but moved into theatre during the 1950s, during which he worked at the Staatstheater Stuttgart as actor and assistant stage director. 1958 he started directing himself at the Theater Ulm. During the 1960s, he became acclaimed through multiple movie and TV productions. His film ''Trotta'' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Festival de Cannes: Trotta )〕 He was head of the jury at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Berlinale 1969: Juries )〕 His movie ''Tattoo'' was one of the first films to address the generational tensions during the early years of Germany's "student revolution". In the 1980s, he turned more and more towards theatre and opera. His last movie was ''Momo'' in 1986. He directed plays at the Vienna Burgtheater, the Schiller Theater in Berlin, the Residenztheater in Munich and the Salzburg Festival (''Leonce and Lena'', ''Nathan the Wise'', ''La Folle Journée'' by Beaumarchais). He directed opera at the Salzburg Festival: ''Capriccio'', ''The Magic Flute'' and ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'', working with conductor Georg Solti. At the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London he directed Mozart's ''Idomeneo'', ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (1987), ''Così fan tutte'' (1989), and ''Don Giovanni''. With conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt he directed ''Idomeneo'' (1987) and ''Così fan tutte'' (1989) at the Vienna State Opera. He worked at the Bavarian State Opera and De Nederlandse Opera, as well as with the Staatstheater Stuttgart: ''Lady Macbeth von Mzensk'', ''Wozzeck'', ''Rigoletto'', ''Simon Boccanegra'', ''Hansel and Gretel'', ''Falstaff'' and ''The Queen of Spades''. His production of ''Boris Godunov'' at the Bavarian State Opera was also shown at the grand opening of the New Opera house in Tel Aviv. He directed ''Othello'' in Stockholm, ''Fidelio'', ', ''Eugene Onegin'' and ''King Roger'' by Karol Szymanowski in Amsterdam. The Zurich Opera was showplace to his production of Verdi's ''Aida'' as well as a highly regarded new version of Weber's ''Oberon''. Schaaf lived and worked for many years of his early career with actress ; since 1984 he is married to opera singer . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johannes Schaaf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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