Dieter Kaegi
| Dieter Kaegi | |
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 Dieter Kaegi in Lismore Castle Gardens | |
| Born |
Dieter Kaegi Zurich, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Opera Director |
| Years active | 1980—Present |
| Awards | Cavaliere services to the Arts |
Dieter Kaegi (born 1957) is a Swiss opera director.
Biography
Kägi was born in 1957 in Zurich, Switzerland, where he completed his primary and secondary education. In the 70s, he studied Musicology and German Literature in Zürich and Paris. Over the last 30 years, Kaegi has directed over 100 operas worldwide.
In 1980, Dieter Kaegi became assistant director at the Zurich Opera under Claus Helmut Drese who had been in charge of the opera house since 1975. In 1982, he became assistant to leading French opera director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. During his time with Ponnelle, he worked on opera productions for the stage and film. TV productions included L'Italiana in Algeri (1986), two episodes of Live from the Metropolitan Opera Idomeneo (1983) and Le Nozze di Figaro (1985), Cardillac (1985) and Tristan und Isolde (1983).
From 1986, Kaegi joined the Deutsche Oper am Rhein as assistant before moving to the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in 1989 as production manager and personal assistant to the Director-General John Mordler. From 1990 until 1998, he worked as director of productions at the Festival d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence.
In 1998, he was appointed Artistic Director of Opera Ireland[1] in Dublin. While at Opera Ireland he met Jennifer O'Connell. In 2010, he co-founded Lismore Music Festival with O'Connell to create an Irish base for young emerging musicians and singers.
Honours
In 2008, Kaegi was presented the Order of Cavaliere by the Italian Government for his services to the arts and opera.
Other appointments
- 2001 Member of the Board of Opera Europa
- 2002 Member of the Chambre des Directeurs d'Opera
- 2007 Opera advisor to the Scottish Arts Council
References
- Notes
- ↑ Michael Dervan (26 June 2012). "Adventure reborn at festival's heart". Irish Times. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
- Sources
External links
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- Official website
- Paul Suter (2005). "Dieter Kaegi". In Andreas Kotte. Theaterlexikon der Schweiz (TLS) / Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse (DTS) / Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero / Lexicon da teater svizzer [Theater Dictionary of Switzerland] (in German). 2. Zürich: Chronos. p. 952. ISBN 978-3-0340-0715-3. LCCN 2007423414. OCLC 62309181.
- Chambre Professionelle des Directeurs d'Opera
- Lismore Music Festival