Götz Friedrich

Götz Friedrich

Actor · Director

Berlin, Germany
August 4, 1930

Biography

Götz Friedrich was a German opera and theatre director. He was a student and assistant of Walter Felsenstein at the Komische Oper Berlin in Berlin, where he went on to direct his early productions. He first came to international prominence with a controversial 1972 production of Wagner's Tannhäuser at Bayreuth.

Photo

Götz Friedrich 1

Representative Works

Tristan und Isolde
Tristan und Isolde
8.0
/ German
Aida's Brothers & Sisters
Aida's Brothers & Sisters
No Rating Yet
/ English
Falstaff
Falstaff
No Rating Yet
/ English
Salome
Salome
6.5
/ German
Elektra
Elektra
6.8
/ English
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut
8.5
/ Italian
Oedipus
Oedipus
No Rating Yet
/ German

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Tristan und Isolde
1993Winner

Best Director

Tristan und Isolde

Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle
1978Winner

Best Performance

Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle

Aida's Brothers & Sisters
2000Nominee

Best Performance

Aida's Brothers & Sisters

Career Highlights

Falstaff
1979Highlight

Best Director

Falstaff

Little Red Riding Hood
1962Highlight

Best Director

Little Red Riding Hood

Video

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Little Red Riding Hood