About Stefan Herheim
Born 1970. Stefan Herheim is a Norwegian theatre director, director and opera director.
Stefan Herheim (born Oslo, 13 March 1970), is a Norwegian opera director, based in Germany.
Life He studied cello while working as a production assistant at Norwegian National Opera in Oslo. From 1994 to 1999, he studied opera direction with Götz Friedrich at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.
Awards He has been named opera director of the year (Regisseur des Jahres) three times by the German magazine Opernwelt—in 2007 for a Don Giovanni at the Aalto Theatre in Essen, in 2009 for an acclaimed Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival, and in 2010 for a Rosenkavalier at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.
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Who is Stefan Herheim?
Norwegian opera director
When was Stefan Herheim born?
Stefan Herheim was born on 13 March 1970 in Oslo.
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Stefan Herheim is a theatre director, director and opera director.
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Stefan Herheim is Norwegian.
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