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Gerhard Klingenberg
Klingenberg in 2010
Born

Gerhard Schwabenitzky


(1929-05-11)11 May 1929
Vienna, Austria
Died18 June 2024(2024-06-18) (aged 95)
Villach, Carinthia, Austria
Occupations
  • Television director
  • stage director
  • theatre manager
  • actor
  • Years active1958–1990
    Organizations
  • Berliner Ensemble
  • Burgtheater
  • Notable workWas wäre, wenn...?

    Gerhard Klingenberg (born Gerhard Schwabenitzky; 11 May 1929 – 18 June 2024) was an Austrian television director, stage director, theatre manager and actor (Intendant). He managed the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1971 to 1976. He was also involved in television productions as an actor, director, and scriptwriter.

    Life and career[edit]

    Gerhard Schwabenitzky[1][2] was born in Vienna on 11 May 1929.[2][1] His father came from a worker's family of Polish origin and worked for Fiat, his mother was born in Bohemia.[3]

    He took private classes in acting in Salzburg after World War II and was accepted to study at the Max Reinhardt Seminar; he studied acting and directing also in the drama class of the Vienna Conservatory. He made money as an actor with the Landesbühne Burgenland; this occupation was prohibited for students, and he therefore took the stage name Klingenberg, which he kept for life.[3] At age 18 he stepped in to play Camille in Büchner's Dantons Tod at the Burgtheater in Vienna.[1][3] He received an offer from the Stadttheater Klagenfurt already while studying, and directed there in March 1948 Das Haus in Montevideo by Curt Goetz.[3] He then had engagements at the newly opened Stadttheater St. Pölten and later in Innsbruck,[1] where he played roles such as Franz Moor in Schiller's Die Räuber.

    In 1956 Klingenberg was invited by Bertold Brecht for his Berliner EnsembleinEast Germany,[4] to work on the world premiere of his Die Tage der Commune.[1] Helene Weigel hired him as stage director after Brecht's death.[4][3] As he was getting little work there, he also worked for Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF), where he directed television plays and theatrical recordings.[5] In 1959, he directed the crime comedy Spuk in Villa Sonnenschein in the first co-production by DEFA and DFF.[3] Soon afterwards, Klingenberg filmed the stage play Was wäre, wenn...?byHedda Zinner.[3] After the Berlin Wall was built in 1961, Klingenberg feared for his freedom of movement and chose to return to Austria.[3][5]

    From 1962 to 1968, Klingenberg has directed at the Städtische Bühnen Köln, the Schauspiel Frankfurt,[6] and the Schauspielhaus Hamburg, as well as at the Schillertheater in Berlin, the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, the Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Münchner Kammerspiele.[1] His first stage direction at the Burgtheater was in 1968, and he became theatre manager in 1971, holding the position until 1976. He brought avant-garde European directors to Vienna, including Giorgio Strehler, Peter Hall, Luca Ronconi, Jean-Louis Barrault,[1] Peter Wood,[6] Roberto Guicciardini [it], Otomar Krejča and Claus Peymann [de].[4][7] He introduced plays by authors such as Thomas Bernhard whose Die Jagdgesellschaft [de] caused controversies in 1974,[6] Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard to the house repertoire.[4] He directed there Hebbel's Judith with Rolf Boysen [de] as Holofernes in 1973, Grillparzer's König Ottokars Glück und Ende in 1976 with Heinz Reincke in the title role, often with political analogies to a divided Europe.[6]

    Klingenberg returned to the Schauspielhaus Zürich where he was theatre manager from 1977 to 1982,[1] where he directed Schillers Wilhelm Tell and Dürrenmatt's Romulus der Große.[6] He was Intendant at Berlin's Renaissance-Theater [de]. Thereafter, he worked as a freelance director.[1]

    Alongside his theatre work, Klingenberg participated in television productions[8] as an actor, director and scriptwriter. He authored books such as Das gefesselte Burgtheater (2003) and Aus vergangenen Burgtheater Tagen (2009) as well as an autobiography, Kein Blatt vor dem Mund (1998).[1]

    Personal life[edit]

    Klingenberg was the father of director Reinhard Schwabenitzky,[2] who was married to the German-Austrian actress Elfi Eschke.[9]

    Klingenberg died in Villach on 18 June 2024, at the age of 95.[1][3][4][10]

    Films[edit]

    Klingenberg's films include:[11]

    East Germany[edit]

    West Germany[edit]

    Awards[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Leyrer, Georg (19 June 2024). "Ehemaliger Burgtheater-Direktor Gerhard Klingenberg gestorben". Kurier (in German). Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  • ^ a b c d Andreas Kotte, ed. (2005). "Gerhard Klingenberg". Theaterlexikon der Schweiz / Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse / Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero / Lexicon da teater svizzer [Theater Dictionary of Switzerland] (in German). Vol. 2. Zürich: Chronos. pp. 1001–1002. ISBN 978-3-0340-0715-3. LCCN 2007423414. OCLC 62309181.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Schenk, Ralf (April 2021). "Gerhard Klingenberg – Schauspieler, Regisseur". defa-stiftung.de. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  • ^ a b c d e "Theaterdirektor Gerhard Klingenberg ist tot". Die Zeit (in German). 19 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  • ^ a b Schenk, Ralf (8 November 2021). "Der Westen leuchtet". Berliner Zeitung (in German).
  • ^ a b c d e Pohl, Ronald (19 June 2024). "Ehemaliger Burgtheaterdirektor Gerhard Klingenberg gestorben". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  • ^ a b "Mourning for Gerhard Klingenberg (1929–2024)". Burgtheater Newsletter. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  • ^ "Lida Winiewicz". Medienpreise der Erwachsenenbildung (in German). Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  • ^ Posch, Michaela (22 March 2014). "Elfi Eschke freut sich Österreicherin zu sein". Salzburg24 (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  • ^ "Ehemaliger Burgtheater-Direktor Klingenberg 95-jährig gestorben". Österreich (in German). 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  • ^ "Gerhard Klingenberg". Filmportal (in German). 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  • ^ Pohl, Ronald (3 November 2014). Klaus Maria Brandauer: Ein Königreich für das Theater (in German). Braumüller Verlag. ISBN 978-3-99100-122-5.
  • ^ red, wien ORF at/Agenturen (19 June 2024). "Ex-Burgtheater-Direktor Klingenberg ist tot". wien.ORF.at (in German). Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  • ^ Rakow, Christian. "Ex-Burgtheaterdirektor Gerhard Klingenberg verstorben". nachtkritik.de (in German). Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  • ^ Stenftenagel, Bettina (13 July 2022). "Gemeinde Wendeburg verleiht Ehrenzeichen in Gold und Silber". www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de (in German). Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
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